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DURAMEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does duramen mean? 

DURAMEN (noun)
  The noun DURAMEN has 1 sense:

1. the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwoodplay

  Familiarity information: DURAMEN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DURAMEN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

duramen; heartwood

Hypernyms ("duramen" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("duramen" is a substance of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)


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