"heartwood" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: heartwoods [plural]
Etymology: heart + wood Etymology templates: {{compound|en|heart|wood}} heart + wood Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} heartwood (countable and uncountable, plural heartwoods)
  1. The wood nearer the heart of a stem or branch, different in color from the sapwood. Wikipedia link: heartwood Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Woods Translations (wood): բնամիջուկ (bnamiǰuk) (Armenian), сърцевина на дърво (sǎrcevina na dǎrvo) [feminine] (Bulgarian), duramen [masculine] (Catalan), 心材 (xīncái) (Chinese Mandarin), kernhout [neuter] (Dutch), sydänpuu (Finnish), ydinpuu (Finnish), bois de cœur [masculine] (French), duramen [masculine] (French), bois parfait [masculine] (French), cerne [masculine] (Galician), Kernholz [neuter] (German), durameno (Ido), inti kayu (Indonesian), teras (Indonesian), croí-adhmad [masculine] (Irish), durame [masculine] (Italian), cuore del legno [masculine] (Italian), 心材 (shinzai) (alt: しんざい) (Japanese), ក្រាក់ (krak) (Khmer), 심재 (simjae) (Korean), срце́вина (srcévina) [feminine] (Macedonian), taikākā (Maori), tōiki (Maori), karei (Maori), paiore (Maori), kjerneved [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kjerne [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), alved [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kjerneved [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), درونچوب (darun-čub) (Persian), twardziel [feminine] (Polish), cerne [masculine] (Portuguese), durame [masculine] (Portuguese), âmago [masculine] (Portuguese), lain da cor [masculine] (Romansch), ядро́вая древеси́на (jadróvaja drevesína) [feminine] (Russian), сердцеви́на (serdcevína) [feminine] (Russian), duramen [masculine] (Spanish), cerno (Spanish), kärnved [common-gender] (Swedish), lasgas (Tagalog), tigas (Tagalog), rhuddin [masculine] (Welsh)

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    {
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      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "wood",
      "word": "tigas"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "wood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rhuddin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "heartwood"
}
{
  "called_from": "page/2386",
  "msg": "inconsistent language codes no vs nb in translation item: 't+' {1: 'nb', 2: 'kjerne', 3: 'm'}",
  "path": [
    "heartwood",
    "t+"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "heartwood",
  "trace": ""
}

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