heartwood

Noun

 * 1) The wood nearer the heart of a stem or branch, different in color from the sapwood.
 * A popular myth is that heartwood is stronger than sapwood.
 * 1) * The staves are split from the heartwood. The heartwood is composed of dead cells; it supports the tree, but no longer has any physiological purpose. The staves must follow the grain of the wood to achieve a watertight cask, so they are split rather than sawn. &mdash; L'encyclopédie du Cognac: From log to stave
 * 1) * The staves are split from the heartwood. The heartwood is composed of dead cells; it supports the tree, but no longer has any physiological purpose. The staves must follow the grain of the wood to achieve a watertight cask, so they are split rather than sawn. &mdash; L'encyclopédie du Cognac: From log to stave

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: сърцевина на дърво
 * Catalan: duramen
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: kernhout
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: inti kayu,
 * Irish: croí-adhmad
 * Italian: durame, cuore del legno
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 심재
 * Macedonian: срце́вина
 * Maori: taikākā, tōiki, karei, paiore
 * Norwegian:
 * Norwegian Bokmål: kjerneved,, alved
 * Norwegian Nynorsk: kjerneved
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, durame,
 * Romansch: lain da cor
 * Russian: ядро́вая древеси́на,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: lasgas, tigas
 * Welsh: