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duramen

[ doo-rey-min, dyoo- ]

noun

, Botany.


duramen

/ djʊˈreɪmɛn /

noun

  1. another name for heartwood
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of duramen1

1830–40; < Latin dūrāmen hardness, hardened vine branch, equivalent to dūrā ( re ) to harden + -men noun suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of duramen1

C19: from Latin: hardness, from dūrāre to harden
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Example Sentences

The white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark and the hard wood or duramen; sapwood.

The portions which are obstructed constitute the duramen or heartwood, the pervious portion the alburnum or sapwood.

It is really imperfect wood, while the duramen or heartwood is the perfect wood; the heartwood of the mature tree was the sapwood of its earlier years.

The wood of the tree, in comparison with the bark, is relatively poor in silex, the duramen of an old tree giving only 2.5 per cent of silex.

See cruel. heart-shaped, a. cordate, cordiform. heartwood, n. duramen. hearty, a. cordial, heartfelt, sincere; healthy, robust, hale; nourishing, nutritious. heat, n. warmth, caloric; cauma.

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