Dictionary Entry
heartwood
heartwood is a 9-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 15 · 2 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum.
- 2noun
the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood
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