alburnum
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of alburnum
1655–65; < Latin, equivalent to alb ( us ) white + -urnum neuter noun suffix
Example Sentences
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It is the bark and a part of the alburnum which contain this terrible poison.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von
This consists in cutting a ring round the tree with axes through the bark and sapwood, or alburnum, into the brown wood beneath.
From Australia, The Dairy Country by Australia. Dept. of External Affairs
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
The tree was evidently hollow throughout its length; but perhaps some portion of the alburnum still remained intact.
From Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery by Verne, Jules
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
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