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Meanings of duramen in English

Catalan
duramen

The older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood.

duramen
Synonyms
Examples for "heartwood"
Examples for "heartwood"
1
The outside wood is white and the heartwood is red or yellow.
The School Book of Forestry
2
The fungi enter these cracks and work their way to the heartwood.
The School Book of Forestry
3
Formerly, the custom has been to throw away the heartwood as useless.
The School Book of Forestry
4
Wood prices depend on the oil price and volume of oil-bearing heartwood per tree.
Radio NZ
5
They were hard as the heartwood of an oak.
The city in the lake
Usage of duramen in English
1
It is distinguished from the harder inner and older wood, the duramen or heart-wood.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
Translations for duramen
Catalan
duramen
Duramen through the time