duramen

[doo-rey-min, dyoo-]

noun Botany.

heartwood.

Origin of duramen

1830–40; < Latin dūrāmen hardness, hardened vine branch, equivalent to dūrā(re) to harden + -men noun suffix

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Examples from the Web for duramen

Historical Examples of duramen

The duramen or heartwood is the inner, darker part of the log.
Seasoning of Wood
Joseph B. Wagner
Save for colour they might have been congealed water or duramen muscles.
Poachers and Poaching
John Watson
Duramen, the name given by botanists to the central wood or heart-wood in a tree trunk.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia
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British Dictionary definitions for duramen

duramen

noun

another name for heartwood

Word Origin for duramen

C19: from Latin: hardness, from dūrāre to harden

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