Alburnum meaning

albʉrnəm
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Sapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a tree found between the bark and the hardened heartwood; it is often paler in color than the heartwood, hence the name alburnum.
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Origin of alburnum

  • From Latin alburnum, from albus (“white”).

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Alburnum Sentence Examples

  • Wood thus altered is known as heart-wood, or duramen, as distinguished from the young sap-wood, or alburnum, which, forming a cylinder next the cambium, remains alive and carries on the active functions of the xylem, particularly the conduction of water.

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