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du·ra·men

D0430600 (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.]

duramen

(djʊˈreɪmɛn) n (Botany) another name for heartwood[C19: from Latin: hardness, from dūrāre to harden]

heart•wood

(ˈhɑrtˌwʊd)

n. the dense, dark, nonfunctioning older wood at the core of a tree trunk; duramen. [1795–1805]

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duramen - the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwoodheartwoodtree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiospermswood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

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heart•wood

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heartwood, duramen

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noun the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant

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