alburnum

[ al-bur-nuhm ]

noun

, Botany.

1. sapwood.

alburnum

/ ælˈbɜːnəm /

noun

1. a former name for sapwood

Other Words From

• al·burnous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of alburnum¹

1655–65; < Latin, equivalent to alb ( us ) white + -urnum neuter noun suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of alburnum¹

C17: from Latin: sapwood, from albus white

Example Sentences

Alburnum, al-burn′um, n. in trees, the white and soft parts of wood between the inner bark and the heart-wood.

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Old wood, with black bark and with little of the white alburnum, is preferred.

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Darwin possesses the epidermis of poetry but not the cutis; the cortex without the liber, alburnum, lignum, or medulla.

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The tree was evidently hollow throughout its length; but perhaps some portion of the alburnum still remained intact.

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It is through the alburnum that the ascending sap chiefly flows.

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