English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From sap wood
Pronunciation [ edit ] 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. sapwood (countable and uncountable plural sapwoods
The wood just under the bark of a stem or branch ; it differs from the heartwood in color and in physiologic activity (flow of sap ).
A popular myth is that sapwood is not as strong as heartwood. Synonyms [ edit ] Antonyms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] wood just under the bark
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: ենթակեղեւաշերտ (hy) ( entʻakeġewašert ) , արտաբնափայտ (hy) ( artabnapʻayt )
Bulgarian: беловина f ( belovina )
Catalan: albeca f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 邊材 ／ 边材 (zh) ( biāncái )
Dutch: spinthout n
Esperanto: alburno (eo)
Finnish: manto (fi) , pintapuu (fi)
French: aubier (fr) m
Galician: sámago m samo m ámago m
German: Splintholz n
Irish: sú-adhmad m
Italian: alburno (it) m
Japanese: 辺材 (ja) ( へんざい, henzai )
Korean: 변재 (ko) ( byeonjae )
Latin: alburnum n
Macedonian: бело́вина f ( belóvina )
Maori: taitea
Persian: برونچوب (fa) ( borun-čub )
Polish: biel (pl) m
Portuguese: alburno m samo (pt) m borne (pt) m
Romanian: alburn (ro) n
Romansch: lain alv m
Russian: за́болонь (ru) f ( zábolonʹ ) , о́болонь (ru) f ( óbolonʹ ) , подко́рье (ru) n ( podkórʹje ) , мезга́ (ru) f ( mezgá )
Spanish: albura (es) f alburno (es) m
Swedish: splintved (sv) c splint (sv) c vitved c ytved c
Tagalog: banakal (tl) , dagtaing kahoy
Ukrainian: за́болонь f ( zábolonʹ )
Walloon: åbon (wa) m blanc bwès (wa) m
Welsh: gwynnin m
