alburnum
Meanings
noun
- sapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a tree found between the bark and the hardened heartwood.
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin alburnum, from albus (“white”), since it is often paler in color than the heartwood.
Derived words
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.