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Definition of Duramen
1. Noun. The older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood.
Definition of Duramen
1. n. The heartwood of an exogenous tree.
Definition of Duramen
1. Noun. (botany) heartwood ¹
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Definition of Duramen
1. the central wood of a tree [n -S]
Medical Definition of Duramen
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Duramen
Literary usage of Duramen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"The composition of the substances contained in the duramen varies with the ...
The purpose of the duramen, at least in the lower parts of the branches, ..."
2. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1829)
"... duramen, and each secretion formed. It must be now tolerably evident to the
attentive reader, that capillarity has little to do in Buy of these actions. ..."
3. Lectures on the Physiology of Plants by Julius Sachs (1887)
"The wood which has passed over into the condition of duramen, on the contrary,
takes no more direct part in the vital activity of the plant ; it is to be ..."
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