duramen

du·ra·men  (d-rmn, dy-)

n. Botany

See heartwood.

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[Latin drmen, hard growth of a vine, from drre, to harden, from drus, hard; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]

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duramen [djʊˈreɪmɛn]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) another name for heartwood

[from Latin: hardness, from dūrāre to harden]

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duramen - the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood heartwood 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