duramen
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du·ra·men
(do͝o-rā′mən, dyo͝o-)n. Botany
See heartwood.
[Latin dūrāmen, hard growth of a vine, from dūrāre, to harden, from dūrus, hard; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]
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duramen
(djʊˈreɪmɛn)n
(Botany) another name for heartwood
[C19: from Latin: hardness, from dūrāre to harden]
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heart•wood
(ˈhɑrtˌwʊd)n.
the dense, dark, nonfunctioning older wood at the core of a tree trunk; duramen.
[1795–1805]
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| Noun | 1. | duramen - the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
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