SAPWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sapwood mean? 

• SAPWOOD (noun)
  The noun SAPWOOD has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SAPWOOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAPWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Holonyms ("sapwood" 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)