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Definition of Heartwoods
1. heartwood [n] - See also: heartwood
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heartwoods
Literary usage of Heartwoods
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Farm Woodlot: A Handbook of Forestry for the Farmer and the Student in by Edward Gheen Cheyney, John Philip Wentling (1914)
"As a rule the trees with dark heartwoods are durable. ... Colorless heartwoods
lacking these substances have nearly the same properties as sapwood and are ..."
2. An Introduction to Cytology by Lester Whyland Sharp (1921)
"The heartwoods of trees owe their qualities largely to the presence of these
additional materials. In spite of these modifications, however, ..."
3. The Elementary School Teacher and Course of Study by JSTOR (Organization), University of Chicago School of Education (1902)
"... heartwoods, woods between sap and heart. NOTE :.— In each case do not fail to
bring out the number fad. Allow the pupil to answer by measurement. ..."
4. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"The soft, light, compact, close grained wood could probably be employed in turnery.
Sap woods and heartwoods are of an even, ivory white color. ..."
5. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1908)
"All softwoods are more easily stained than are heartwoods, as the dye penetrates
more deeply into their tissues. Woods with numerous small vessels are more ..."
6. The Microscopy of Technical Products by Thomas Franz Hanausek (1907)
"... so as to form somewhat pronounced bands. In the analytical key this wood
belongs really to No. 24 (after Celtis).—The heartwoods of Q. robur and Q. ..."
7. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1908)
"H of Mr. Francia Darwin and the Syndicate of the Cambridge University Press.) '
duramen,' or heartwood. When, however, we compare heartwoods microscopically ..."
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