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Word comparison: heartwood vs. sapwood
heartwood vs. sapwood
heartwood
noun
the hard central
wood
of the trunk of an exogenous tree; duramen.
sapwood
noun
Botany.
the softer part of the
wood
between the inner bark and the heartwood.