Definition of sapwood Sapwood

sap•wood

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What does sapwood mean?

WordNet

Noun

Plural: sapwoods

sapwood - newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant; usually light colored; active in water conduction

wood a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard"

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Wiktionary

sapwood (Noun)
The wood just under the bark of a stem or branch, different in color from the heartwood.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

sapwood (n.)
The alburnum, or part of the wood of any exogenous tree next to the bark, being that portion of the tree through which the sap flows most freely; -- distinguished from heartwood.