A popular myth is that heartwood is stronger than sapwood.
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Heartwood
//ˈhɑɹtˌwʊd//
Synonyms for "heartwood" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Translations
46 translations across 30 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- myjë noun (wood)
Armenian
1 entries- բնամիջուկ noun (wood)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сърцевина на дърво noun (wood)
Catalan
1 entries- duramen noun (wood)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 心材 noun (wood)
Dutch
1 entries- kernhout noun (wood)
Finnish
2 entries- sydänpuu noun (wood)
- ydinpuu noun (wood)
French
3 entries- bois de cœur noun (wood)
- bois parfait noun (wood)
- duramen noun (wood)
Galician
1 entries- cerne noun (wood)
German
1 entries- Kernholz noun (wood)
Ido
1 entries- durameno noun (wood)
Indonesian
2 entries- inti kayu noun (wood)
- teras noun (wood)
Irish
1 entries- croí-adhmad noun (wood)
Italian
2 entries- cuore del legno noun (wood)
- durame noun (wood)
Japanese
1 entries- 心材 noun (wood)
Khmer
1 entries- ក្រាក់ noun (wood)
Korean
1 entries- 심재 noun (wood)
Macedonian
1 entries- срце́вина noun (wood)
Māori
4 entries- karei noun (wood)
- paiore noun (wood)
- taikākā noun (wood)
- tōiki noun (wood)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- alved noun (wood)
- kjerne noun (wood)
- kjerneved noun (wood)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kjerneved noun (wood)
Persian
1 entries- درونچوب noun (wood)
Polish
1 entries- twardziel noun (wood)
Portuguese
3 entries- cerne noun (wood)
- durame noun (wood)
- âmago noun (wood)
Romansch
1 entries- lain da cor noun (wood)
Russian
3 entries- сердцеви́на noun (wood)
- ядро́ noun (wood)
- ядро́вая древеси́на noun (wood)
Spanish
2 entries- cerno noun (wood)
- duramen noun (wood)
Swedish
1 entries- kärnved noun (wood)
Tagalog
2 entries- lasgas noun (wood)
- tigas noun (wood)
Welsh
1 entries- rhuddin noun (wood)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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
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