duramen

American

[doo-rey-min, dyoo-] / dʊˈreɪ mɪn, dyʊ- /

noun

Botany.

heartwood.

duramen British

/ djʊˈreɪmɛn /

noun

another name for heartwood

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Etymology

Origin of duramen

1830–40; < Latin dūrāmen hardness, hardened vine branch, equivalent to dūrā ( re ) to harden + -men noun suffix

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