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sap|wood — «SAP WUD», noun. the soft, new, living wood between the bark and the hard, inner wood of most trees; alburnum … Useful english dictionary
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sap — 1. noun /sæp/ a) The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition. b) The sap wood, or alburnum, of a tree. 2 … Wiktionary
Wood — /wood/, n. 1. Grant, 1892 1942, U.S. painter. 2. Leonard, 1860 1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator. * * * I Hard, fibrous material formed by the accumulation of secondary xylem produced by the vascular cambium. It is the… … Universalium
sap|pan|wood — «suh PAN WUD», noun. 1. a wood yielding a red dye, obtained from an East Indian tree of the pea family. 2. the tree itself. Also, sapanwood. ╂[half translation of Dutch sapanhout; sapan < Malay sapa ] … Useful english dictionary
sap|per — sap|per1 «SAP uhr», noun. 1. a soldier employed in the construction of trenches, fortifications, and the like. 2. a person employed to detect and disarm mines, bombs, and other explosive devices: »The sappers had not yet examined the rubble and… … Useful english dictionary
wood-seer — Wood sere Wood sere , n. The time when there no sap in the trees; the winter season. [Written also {wood seer}.] [Obs.] Tusser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wood-sere — n. The time when there no sap in the trees; the winter season. [Written also {wood seer}.] [Obs.] Tusser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sap|u|ca|ia — «SAP uh KAH yuh», noun. 1. a South American tree related to the monkeypot that yields an edible nut. 2. the hard wood of this tree, used in building. ╂[< Portuguese (Brazil) sapucaia < Tupi] … Useful english dictionary
Wood preservation — All measures that are taken to ensure a long life of wood fall under the definition wood preservation (timber treatment). Apart from structural wood preservation measures, there are a number of different (chemical) preservatives and processes… … Wikipedia
