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heartwood
[ hahrt-wood ]
heartwood
/ ˈɑːˌʊ /
noun
- the central core of dark hard wood in tree trunks, consisting of nonfunctioning xylem tissue that has become blocked with resins, tannins, and oils Compare sapwood
heartwood
/ ä′d′ /
- The older, nonliving central wood of a tree or woody plant, usually darker and harder than the younger sapwood. Unlike the sapwood, it no longer conducts water, and its main function is the support of the tree.
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Example Sentences
Slowly by the seasons, one kernel at a time, you will feel your heartwood restored.
Meaning that while the tree is alive, the fungus is actively decaying the roots and the heartwood in the lower portion of the trunk.
The death-pitted dormant tree looks ahead without a flicker in its heartwood.
Though dozens of mills have closed over the decades, trucks still hurtle down Highway 20 carrying stacks of hulking redwoods, easy to distinguish by their crimson heartwood.
The central core, or heartwood, is the strongest wood in the tree even though it’s no longer alive.
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