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alburnum
[ al-bur-nuhm ]
alburnum
/ ælˈbɜːnəm /
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Other Words From
- al·burnous adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of alburnum1
1655–65; < Latin, equivalent to alb ( us ) white + -urnum neuter noun suffix
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Word History and Origins
Origin of alburnum1
C17: from Latin: sapwood, from albus white
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Example Sentences
Alburnum, al-burn′um, n. in trees, the white and soft parts of wood between the inner bark and the heart-wood.
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Old wood, with black bark and with little of the white alburnum, is preferred.
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Darwin possesses the epidermis of poetry but not the cutis; the cortex without the liber, alburnum, lignum, or medulla.
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The tree was evidently hollow throughout its length; but perhaps some portion of the alburnum still remained intact.
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It is through the alburnum that the ascending sap chiefly flows.
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