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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Because it is formed by branches of those returning vessels that deposit the new alburnum.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 529, January 14, 1832 by Various
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
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
If we choose, we may study the alburnum only.
From A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Thoreau, Henry David
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
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