(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:51:14

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

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.

 

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