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DURAMEN
heartwood, duramen
(noun) the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
duramen (uncountable)
(botany) heartwood
Anagrams
• Mundare, manured, maunder, unarmed, undream
Source: Wiktionary
Du*ra"men, n. Etym: [L., hardness, a hardened, i. e., ligneous, vine branch, fr. durare to harden. See Dure.] (Bot.)
Definition: The heartwood of an exogenous tree.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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