alburnum
Origin of alburnum
1Other words from alburnum
- al·bur·nous, adjective
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How to use alburnum in a sentence
alburnum, al-burn′um, n. in trees, the white and soft parts of wood between the inner bark and the heart-wood.
Old wood, with black bark and with little of the white alburnum, is preferred.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreDarwin possesses the epidermis of poetry but not the cutis; the cortex without the liber, alburnum, lignum, or medulla.
Anima Poet | Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe tree was evidently hollow throughout its length; but perhaps some portion of the alburnum still remained intact.
Godfrey Morgan | Jules VerneIt is through the alburnum that the ascending sap chiefly flows.
British Dictionary definitions for alburnum
/ (ælˈbɜːnəm) /
a former name for sapwood
Origin of alburnum
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