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Meanings of alburnum in English

Soft wood of a tree, between the bark and the heartwood.

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Examples for "sapwood"
Examples for "sapwood"
1
This external evidence should be supplemented by cutting down to the sapwood.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at th...
2
Where the wound is large, the exposed sapwood dies, dries out, and cracks.
The School Book of Forestry
3
As the tree gets larger, the sapwood must necessarily become thinner or increase materially in volume.
The Mechanical Properties of Wood / Including a Discussion of th...
4
There is no definite relation between the annual rings of growth and the amount of sapwood.
The Mechanical Properties of Wood / Including a Discussion of th...
5
A stab wound revealed the bark loose and full of holes which extended into the sapwood.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at th...
1
The great shrinking of the sap-wood of the persimmon tree makes the wood of but trifling value commercially.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882
Usage of alburnum in English
1
Because it is formed by branches of those returning vessels that deposit the new alburnum.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19,...
2
If we choose, we may study the alburnum only.
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
3
ALBURNUM (sapwood), the outermost and youngest part of the wood of a tree, through which the sap rises.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
Alburnum through the time