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    HEARTWOOD

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwoodplay

    Synonyms:

    duramen; heartwood

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("heartwood" is a kind of...):

    wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

    Holonyms ("heartwood" is a substance of...):

    tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

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