Meanings
plural heartwoods
- countableuncountableThe wood nearer the heart of a stem or branch, different in color from the sapwood.
A popular myth is that heartwood is stronger than sapwood.
1 more example
The staves are split from the heartwood. The heartwood is composed of dead cells; it supports the tree, but no longer has any physiological purpose. The staves must follow the grain of the wood to achieve a watertight cask, so they are split rather than sawn. — L'encyclopédie du Cognac: From log to stave
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic خشب القلب
- خشب القلب (khashab al-qalb)wood
Bulgarian сърцевина на дърво
- сърцевина на дърво (sărcevina na dărvo)wood
Catalan duramen
- duramenwood
Chinese Cantonese 心材
- 心材 (sam¹ coi⁴)wood
Chinese Mandarin 心材
- 心材 (xīncái)wood
Dutch kernhout
- kernhoutwood
Finnish sydänpuu, ydinpuu
- sydänpuuwood
- ydinpuuwood
French bois de cœur, duramen
- bois de cœurwood
- duramenwood
- bois parfaitwood
German Kernholz
- Kernholzwood
Hindi हृदयकाष्ठ
- हृदयकाष्ठ (hŕdaykāṣṭh)wood
Indonesian inti kayu, teras
- inti kayuwood
- teraswood
Irish croí-adhmad
- croí-adhmadwood
Italian durame, cuore del legno
- duramewood
- cuore del legnowood
Japanese 心材
- 心材 (shinzai)wood
Korean 심재
- 심재 (simjae)wood
Malay teras kayu
- teras kayuwood
Māori taikākā, tōiki
- taikākāwood
- tōikiwood
- kareiwood
- paiorewood
Norwegian Bokmål kjerneved, kjerne
- kjernevedwood
- kjernewood
- alvedwood
Persian درونچوب
- درونچوب (darun-čub)wood
Polish twardziel
- twardzielwood
Portuguese cerne, durame
- cernewood
- duramewood
- âmagowood
Russian ядро́, ядро́вая древеси́на
- ядро́ (jadró)wood
- ядро́вая древеси́на (jadróvaja drevesína)wood
- сердцеви́на (serdcevína)wood
Spanish duramen, cerno
- duramenwood
- cernowood
Swedish kärnved
- kärnvedwood
Tagalog lasgas, tigas
- lasgaswood
- tigaswood
Thai แก่นไม้
- แก่นไม้ (kàen-máai)wood
Welsh rhuddin
- rhuddinwood
Cite this entry
heartwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heartwood
“heartwood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heartwood. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heartwood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heartwood.
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