different between sapwood vs alburnum

English

Alternative forms

• sap-wood

Etymology

From sap +? wood.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sapw?d/

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.

Synonyms

• alburnum

Antonyms

• heartwood

Translations

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)