sapwood
/sap-wood/US // ˈsæpˌwʊd //UK // (ˈsæpˌwʊd) //
边材,边角料,边木,边材的
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Botany.
- : the softer part of the wood between the inner bark and the heartwood.
Examples
How to tap a treeDrill a hole through the bark, about 2 inches into the sapwood, angling the hole upward.
Diseases of the sapwood cut off the water supply, which is pumped upward from the roots.
Upon exposure by a wound, the sapwood just underneath the bark dies, dries out, and checks.
A feller that kin kick like that didn't orter be called Sapwood nor Saphead nor Sapanything.
It is a bright red-brown with a thin outer edge of paler sapwood.
This external evidence should be supplemented by cutting down to the sapwood.
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