different between alburnum vs alburnous

English

Etymology

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

Noun

alburnum (usually uncountable, plural alburnums)

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

Translations

Anagrams

• laburnum

Latin

Etymology

From albus (“white”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /al?bur.num/, [ä???b?rn???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /al?bur.num/, [?l?burnum]

Noun

alburnum n (genitive alburn?); second declension

1. alburnum; sapwood

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

• English: alburnum
• Italian: alburno
• Portuguese: alburno, borne
• Spanish: alburno

References

• alburnum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• alburnum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• alburnum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• “alburnum” on page 93/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

English

Adjective

alburnous (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to alburnum.