Duramen

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:16:04

Du*ra"men (?), n. [L., hardness, a hardened, i. e., ligneous, vine branch, fr. durare to harden. See Dure.] Bot.

The heartwood of an exogenous tree.

 

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