alburnum

[ al-bur-nuhm ]

/ ælˈbɜr nəm /

noun Botany.

sapwood.

Origin of alburnum

1655–65; <Latin, equivalent to alb(us) white + -urnum neuter noun suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM alburnum

al·bur·nous, adjective

Words nearby alburnum

albuminous, albuminuria, album-oriented, albumose, Albuquerque, alburnum, Albury-Wodonga, albuterol, alc., Alcaeus, alcahest

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Example sentences from the Web for alburnum

Darwin possesses the epidermis of poetry but not the cutis; the cortex without the liber, alburnum, lignum, or medulla.
Anima Poet|Samuel Taylor Coleridge
This consists in cutting a ring round the tree with axes through the bark and sapwood, or alburnum, into the brown wood beneath.
Australia The Dairy Country|Australia Department of External Affairs
It permits the passage of sap and is known as sapwood (Alburnum).
The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties|Charles H. (Charles Henry) Snow
The mixture of bark and alburnum was next placed upon a smooth stone, and mashed into a fibre of a yellowish colour.
The Forest Exiles|Mayne Reid

A new layer of wood, or rather of alburnum, is added annually to the tree in every part just under the bark.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1|Various

British Dictionary definitions for alburnum

alburnum

/ (ælˈbɜːnəm) /

noun

a former name for sapwood

Word Origin for alburnum

C17: from Latin: sapwood, from albus white

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	alburnum
释义	alburnum [ al-bur-nuhm ] / ælˈbɜr nəm / noun Botany. sapwood. Origin of alburnum 1655–65; <Latin, equivalent to alb(us) white + -urnum neuter noun suffix OTHER WORDS FROM alburnum al·bur·nous, adjective Words nearby alburnum albuminous, albuminuria, album-oriented, albumose, Albuquerque, alburnum, Albury-Wodonga, albuterol, alc., Alcaeus, alcahest Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for alburnum Darwin possesses the epidermis of poetry but not the cutis; the cortex without the liber, alburnum, lignum, or medulla. Anima Poet\|Samuel Taylor Coleridge This consists in cutting a ring round the tree with axes through the bark and sapwood, or alburnum, into the brown wood beneath. Australia The Dairy Country\|Australia Department of External Affairs It permits the passage of sap and is known as sapwood (Alburnum). The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties\|Charles H. (Charles Henry) Snow The mixture of bark and alburnum was next placed upon a smooth stone, and mashed into a fibre of a yellowish colour. The Forest Exiles\|Mayne Reid A new layer of wood, or rather of alburnum, is added annually to the tree in every part just under the bark. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1\|Various British Dictionary definitions for alburnum alburnum / (ælˈbɜːnəm) / noun a former name for sapwood Word Origin for alburnum C17: from Latin: sapwood, from albus white Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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