duramen
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of duramen
1830–40; < Latin dūrāmen hardness, hardened vine branch, equivalent to dūrā ( re ) to harden + -men noun suffix
Example Sentences
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The duramen or heartwood is the inner, darker part of the log.
From Seasoning of Wood by Wagner, J. B. (Joseph Bernard)
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
The wood of the tree, in comparison with the bark, is relatively poor in silex, the duramen of an old tree giving only 2.5 per cent of silex.
It is really imperfect wood, while the duramen or heartwood is the perfect wood; the heartwood of the mature tree was the sapwood of its earlier years.
From Seasoning of Wood by Wagner, J. B. (Joseph Bernard)
The white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark and the hard wood or duramen; sapwood.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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