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Definition of Heartwood
1. Noun. The older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood.
Definition of Heartwood
1. n. The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum.
Definition of Heartwood
1. Noun. The wood nearer the heart of a stem or branch, different in color from the sapwood ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heartwood
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Medical Definition of Heartwood
1. The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in colour from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heartwood
Literary usage of Heartwood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1896)
"[The inner and older zones of wood are generally termed heartwood and the outer
... Thus, in true heartwood, the walls of the woody elements are charged, ..."
2. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1907)
"Investigations on over 2000 trees of Scotch Heart-wood Pine by Pilz have developed
the manner in Formation. which heartwood formation progresses in this ..."
3. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"Fuller details concerning this heartwood-rot will be found under fir ... Murrill)
This brown heartwood-rot is common and very destructive in western United ..."
4. The Preservation of Structural Timber by Howard Frederick Weiss (1916)
"Percent Yew, heartwood 6.81 Yew, sapwood 10.70 Hemlock, heartwood 7.30 Hard maple,
heartwood 8.14 The Effect of Sapwood and heartwood upon Injection. ..."
5. The Preservation of Structural Timber by Howard Frederick Weiss (1916)
"Percent Yew, heartwood 6.81 Yew, sapwood 10.70 Hemlock, heartwood 7.30 Hard maple,
heartwood 8.14 The Effect of Sapwood and heartwood upon Injection. ..."
6. The Indian Forester (1884)
"The mean radius of the whole section was 9 inches, that of the heartwood 6 inches
... The ratio of heartwood, which alone is valuable to the whole amount of ..."
7. Wooden Box and Crate Construction by Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.) (1921)
"STRUCTURE OF WOOD heartwood AND SAPWOOD In mature trees two portions of the ...
These are the sapwood and the heartwood. The sapwood is found next to the ..."
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