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Duramen

Duramen Meaning & Definition
Duramen Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Duramen?

[n] the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood

Synonyms | Synonyms for Duramen: heartwood

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See Also | tree | wood

Duramen In Webster's Dictionary

\Du*ra"men\, n. [L., hardness, a hardened, i. e., ligneous, vine branch, fr. durare to harden. See {Dure}.] (Bot.) The heartwood of an exogenous tree.

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