alburnum

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noun

sapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a tree found between the bark and the hardened heartwood.

OriginLatin alburnum →
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Meanings

nounalburnum (usually uncountable, plural alburnums)

plural alburnums

  1. uncountableusuallysapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a tree found between the bark and the hardened heartwood.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sapwood

Origin

  1. Latinalburnum
  2. Englishalburnum

From Latin alburnum, from albus (“white”), since it is often paler in color than the heartwood.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

laburnum
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APA

alburnum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alburnum

MLA

“alburnum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alburnum. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alburnum,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alburnum.

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