alburnum
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- alburnous adjective
Etymology
Origin of alburnum
1655–65; < Latin, equivalent to alb ( us ) white + -urnum neuter noun suffix
Example Sentences
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The portions which are obstructed constitute the duramen or heartwood, the pervious portion the alburnum or sapwood.
From The Church of England Magazine - Volume 10, No. 263, January 9, 1841 by Various
Of or pertaining to alburnum; of the alburnum; as, alburnous substances.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
The bark and alburnum crack; and thus is effected naturally, what the art of man performs for the purpose of collecting the milky juices of the hevea, the castilloa, and the caoutchouc fig-tree.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von
It is found perfectly prepared between the bark and the alburnum of a creeper* of the family of the Combretaceae.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 by Humboldt, Alexander von
Incisions are made into the alburnum of the seringueiras; below the wound small pots are attached, which twenty-four hours suffice to fill with a milky sap.
From Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon by Verne, Jules
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