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English translation: heartwood







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Spanish term or phrase:duramen
English translation:heartwood
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Tech/Engineering - Forestry / Wood / Timber / timber industry
Spanish term or phrase: duramen
description of hardwood properties
Graham McSkimmings
Mexico
heartwood
Explanation:
Dictionary of Difficult Words - duramen
duramen. n. heartwood of tree. © From the Hutchinson Encyclopaedia. Helicon Publishing
LTD 2000. All rights reserved. Dictionary search. Search for: ...
www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/ difficultwords/data/d0004859.html - 13k
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Henry Hinds
United States
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4 +3heartwood
Henry Hinds
4 +1heartwood, truewood- see definition belowJenette Holyoak
3 +1heartwood
Sheila Hardie


  

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heartwood

Explanation:
Dictionary of Difficult Words - duramen
duramen. n. heartwood of tree. © From the Hutchinson Encyclopaedia. Helicon Publishing
LTD 2000. All rights reserved. Dictionary search. Search for: ...
www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/ difficultwords/data/d0004859.html - 13k

Henry Hinds
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 30
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agree Carmen Riadi
23 mins
  -> Gracias, Carmen.

agree consue
26 mins
  -> Gracias, Consue.

agree Gaby-
2 hrs
  -> Gracias, Gaby.
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
heartwood

Explanation:
heartwood - or duramen

HTH


Sheila


heartwood: Definition and Much More From Answers.com
Also called duramen. Encyclopedia. heartwood, the central, woody core of a tree,
no longer serving for the conduction of water and dissolved minerals; ...
www.answers.com/topic/heartwood - 34k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants
Sapwood appears lighter in color than the heartwood (center of tree).
www.canyoncreek.com/products/glossary/
The wood near the outside of the tree. Usually lighter in color than heartwood.
www.woodfloorsonline.com/techtalk/glossary.html

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Definition of heartwood - WordReference.com Dictionary
heartwood. A, noun. 1, heartwood, duramen. the older inactive central wood of a
tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood ...
www.wordreference.com/definition/heartwood - 8k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants

Spanish Terms for Forestry
duramen, HEARTWOOD. duramen anormal, ABNORMAL HEARTWOOD. dureza (firmeza),
HARDNESS. dureza (resistencia), TOUGHNESS. ecología, ECOLOGY ...
www.forestscience.info/uploads/ additionalfiles/terms_spanish.asp - 223k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants

Dictionary of Difficult Words - duramen
duramen. n. heartwood of tree. © From the Hutchinson Encyclopaedia. Helicon Publishing
LTD 2000. All rights reserved. Dictionary search. Search for: ...
www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/ difficultwords/data/d0004859.html - 13k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants

Sheila Hardie
Spain
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree Gaby-
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heartwood, truewood- see definition below

Explanation:
Definition the inner layers of wood which,in the growing tree,have ceased to contain living cells and in which the reserve materials(e.g.starch)have been removed or converted into more durable substances

Reference Ford-Robertson,Soc.Am.Foresters
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TERM heartwood

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Note {GRM} n.
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TERM duramen

Reference Ford-Robertson,Soc.Am.Foresters

Note {GRM} n.
{USG} obsolete term
(3)
TERM heart

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Note {GRM} n.
{USG} deprecated term
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TERM truewood

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Note {GRM} n.



Jenette Holyoak
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

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