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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