Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe wood just under the bark of a stem or branch; it differs from the heartwood in color and in physiologic activity (flow of sap).
Similar
Opposite
Origin
Translations
Arabic خَشَب النُّسْغِ, خَشَب كَاذِب
- خَشَب النُّسْغِ (ḵašab an-nusḡi)wood just under the bark
- خَشَب كَاذِب (ḵašab kāḏib)wood just under the bark
Bulgarian беловина
- беловина (belovina)wood just under the bark
Catalan albeca
- albecawood just under the bark
Chinese Mandarin 邊材 /边材
- 邊材 /边材 (biāncái)wood just under the bark
Dutch spinthout
- spinthoutwood just under the bark
Esperanto alburno
- alburnowood just under the bark
Finnish manto, pintapuu
- mantowood just under the bark
- pintapuuwood just under the bark
French aubier
- aubierwood just under the bark
German Splintholz
- Splintholzwood just under the bark
Irish sú-adhmad
- sú-adhmadwood just under the bark
Italian alburno
- alburnowood just under the bark
Japanese 辺材
- 辺材 (henzai)wood just under the bark
Korean 변재
- 변재 (byeonjae)wood just under the bark
Latin alburnum
- alburnumwood just under the bark
Māori taitea
- taiteawood just under the bark
Persian برونچوب
- برونچوب (borun-čub)wood just under the bark
Polish biel
- bielwood just under the bark
Portuguese alburno, samo
- alburnowood just under the bark
- samowood just under the bark
- bornewood just under the bark
Romanian alburn
- alburnwood just under the bark
Russian за́болонь, о́болонь
- за́болонь (zábolonʹ)wood just under the bark
- о́болонь (óbolonʹ)wood just under the bark
- подко́рье (podkórʹje)wood just under the bark
- мезга́ (mezgá)wood just under the bark
Spanish albura, alburno
- alburawood just under the bark
- alburnowood just under the bark
Swedish splintved, splint
- splintvedwood just under the bark
- splintwood just under the bark
- vitvedwood just under the bark
- ytvedwood just under the bark
Tagalog banakal, dagtaing kahoy
- banakalwood just under the bark
- dagtaing kahoywood just under the bark
Ukrainian за́болонь
- за́болонь (zábolonʹ)wood just under the bark
Vietnamese dác
- dácwood just under the bark
Welsh gwynnin
- gwynninwood just under the bark
Cite this entry
APA
sapwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sapwood
MLA
“sapwood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sapwood. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sapwood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sapwood.
Source: sapwood on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.