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sapwood Definition

sap·wood (sapwo̵od′)

noun

the soft wood between the inner bark of a tree and the heartwood, serving to conduct water and sap

sapwood Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • decay: The most species-rich microhabitats were found in association with fallen trees and branches: decaying sap under bark and decaying sapwood.
  • attack: The larvae of furniture beetle can easily attack the sapwood of our usual structural timbers.
  • have: Three of the eight samples had complete sapwood and could be precisely dated.

Adjective modifier

  • yellow: It has light yellow sapwood and a brown heartwood.
  • juvenile: The key lies in the way in which growth rings change from being juvenile sapwood to becoming mature heartwood in later life.
  • inner: The stressing is achieved as the inner sapwood shrinks as it dries and becomes heartwood.
  • complete: If no range is given for the date it is precise ( complete sapwood ).
  • light: It has light yellow sapwood and a brown heartwood.

Modifies a noun

  • ring: The intermediate hammer yielded a 139 year ring-width sequence which included the first sapwood ring.

Noun used with modifier

  • cream: The timber is a pale reddish brown with cream sapwood.

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