sapwood

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Noun

sapwood (countable and uncountable; plural sapwoods)

1. The wood just under the bark of a stem or branch, different in color from the heartwood

   A popular myth is that sapwood is not as strong as heartwood

Translations

The wood just under the bark

• Esperanto: alburno (eo)
• Finnish: manto (fi)
• Italian: alburno (it) m

• Maori: taitea (mi)
• Russian: заболонь (ru) (zabolon') f 
• Spanish: albura (es) f
• Ukrainian: оболонь (uk) (obolon') f 

A section of a Yew showing 27 annual growth rings, pale sapwood and dark heartwood, and pith (centre dark spot). The dark radial lines are small knots.