sapwood
sapwood
Definition
sap·wood (sap′wo̵od′)
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.
