D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Sapwood

· Sap·wood · IPA /ˈsapwʊd/
01 n. The alburnum, or part of the wood of any exogenous tree next to the bark, being that portion of the tree through which the sap flows most f…
  1. 1.
    The alburnum, or part of the wood of any exogenous tree next to the bark, being that portion of the tree through which the sap flows most freely; -- distinguished from heartwood.(Bot.)