heartwood

/ˈhɑɹtˌwʊd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.05 in modern English

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noun

Countable; Uncountable

"A popular myth is that heartwood is stronger than sapwood."
"The staves are split from the heartwood. The heartwood is composed of dead cells; it supports the tree, but no longer has any physiological purpose. The staves must follow the grain of the wood to achieve a watertight cask, so they are split rather than sawn. — L'encyclopédie du Cognac: From log to stave"

From heart + wood.

heartwoods (plural)

sapwood

duramen

hartwood

Questions

How do you pronounce heartwood?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɑɹtˌwʊd/.

What does heartwood mean?

Where does heartwood come from?

From heart + wood.

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