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The wood just under the bark of a stem or branch; it differs from the heartwood in color and in physiologic activity (flow of sap).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- A popular myth is that sapwood is not as strong as heartwood.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant; usually light colored; active in water conduction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wood
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
خَشَب النُّسْغِ
(ḵašab an-nusḡi)
— wood just under the bark
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Arabic:
خَشَب كَاذِب
(ḵašab kāḏib)
— wood just under the bark
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Armenian:
ենթակեղեւաշերտ
(entʻakeġewašert)
— wood just under the bark
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Armenian:
արտաբնափայտ
(artabnapʻayt)
— wood just under the bark
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Bulgarian:
беловина
(belovina)
— wood just under the bark
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Catalan:
albeca
— wood just under the bark
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Chinese Mandarin:
邊材 /边材
(biāncái)
— wood just under the bark
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Dutch:
spinthout
— wood just under the bark
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Esperanto:
alburno
— wood just under the bark
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Finnish:
manto
— wood just under the bark
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Finnish:
pintapuu
— wood just under the bark
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French:
aubier
— wood just under the bark
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Galician:
sámago
— wood just under the bark
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Galician:
samo
— wood just under the bark
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Galician:
ámago
— wood just under the bark
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German:
Splintholz
— wood just under the bark
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Irish:
sú-adhmad
— wood just under the bark
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Italian:
alburno
— wood just under the bark
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Japanese:
辺材
(henzai)
— wood just under the bark
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Korean:
변재
(byeonjae)
— wood just under the bark
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Latin:
alburnum
— wood just under the bark
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Macedonian:
бело́вина
(belóvina)
— wood just under the bark
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Malecite-Passamaquoddy:
skitahqem
— wood just under the bark
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Māori:
taitea
— wood just under the bark
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Persian:
برونچوب
(borun-čub)
— wood just under the bark
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Polish:
biel
— wood just under the bark
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Portuguese:
alburno
— wood just under the bark
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Portuguese:
samo
— wood just under the bark
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Portuguese:
borne
— wood just under the bark
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Romanian:
alburn
— wood just under the bark
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Romansh:
lain alv
— wood just under the bark
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Russian:
за́болонь
(zábolonʹ)
— wood just under the bark
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Russian:
о́болонь
(óbolonʹ)
— wood just under the bark
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Russian:
подко́рье
(podkórʹje)
— wood just under the bark
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Russian:
мезга́
(mezgá)
— wood just under the bark
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Spanish:
albura
— wood just under the bark
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Spanish:
alburno
— wood just under the bark
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Swedish:
splintved
— wood just under the bark
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Swedish:
splint
— wood just under the bark
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Swedish:
vitved
— wood just under the bark
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Swedish:
ytved
— wood just under the bark
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Tagalog:
banakal
— wood just under the bark
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Tagalog:
dagtaing kahoy
— wood just under the bark
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Tày:
cáp
— wood just under the bark
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Ukrainian:
за́болонь
(zábolonʹ)
— wood just under the bark
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Vietnamese:
dác
— wood just under the bark
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Walloon:
åbon
— wood just under the bark
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Walloon:
blanc bwès
— wood just under the bark
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Welsh:
gwynnin
— wood just under the bark