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sapwood

/sap-wood/US // ˈsæpˌwʊd //UK // (ˈsæpˌwʊd) //

边材,边角料,边木,边材的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.