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noun
heartwood
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: heartwood
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wood
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dweh2- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *dweh2rós Proto-Italic *dūros Latin dūrus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin dūrō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin dūrāmenbor. English duramen Borrowed from Latin dūrāmen.
