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Spanish term or phrase:	duramen
English translation:	heartwood
Entered by:	Graham McSkimmings

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Spanish term or phrase: duramen

description of hardwood properties

Graham McSkimmings

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heartwood

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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
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heartwood

Henry Hinds

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heartwood, truewood- see definition below

Jenette Holyoak

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heartwood

Sheila Hardie

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heartwood

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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
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Spanish
PRO pts in category: 30

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heartwood

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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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English
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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

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TERM heartwood

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TERM duramen

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Note {GRM} n.
{USG} obsolete term
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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
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English
PRO pts in category: 4

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Spanish: duramen

English translation: heartwood