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sap·wood
(săp′wo͝od′)n.
The newly formed outer wood located just inside the vascular cambium of a tree trunk and active in the conduction of water. Sapwood is usually lighter in color than heartwood.
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sapwood
(ˈsæpˌwʊd)n
(Botany) the soft wood, just beneath the bark in tree trunks, that consists of living tissue. Compare heartwood
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sap•wood
(ˈsæpˌwʊd)n.
the living, softer part of the wood between the inner bark and the heartwood.
[1785–95]
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Noun | 1. | sapwood - newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant; usually light colored; active in water conduction tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
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