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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SAPWOOD

SAPWOOD Sap "wood `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: The alburnum, or part of the wood on any exogenous tree next to the bark, being that portion of the tree through which the sap flows most freely; -- distinguished from Heartwood.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sapwood

sap wood |ˈsapˌwo͝od ˈsæpˌwʊd | ▶noun the soft outer layers of recently formed wood between the heartwood and the bark, containing the functioning vascular tissue.

 

Oxford Dictionary

sapwood

sap |wood |ˈsapwʊd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the soft outer layers of recently formed wood between the heartwood and the bark, containing the functioning vascular tissue.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sapwood

s á p w ò od 名詞 U 白太 （しらた ） 〘木材の白木質 〙; 辺材 .