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Meanings of sap-wood in English

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

Usage of sap-wood in English
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
2
We have found its burrows winding irregularly over the inner surface of the bark and leading into the sap-wood.
Our Common Insects / A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fie...
3
As is well known, the sap-wood of a tree seasons much more quickly than does the heart of the wood.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882
4
The manners are sometimes so rough a rind that we doubt whether they cover any core or sap-wood at all.
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Sap-wood through the time