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Alburnum
Al-bur′num
,Noun.
[L., fr.
albus
white.] (Bot.)
The white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark and the hard wood or duramen; sapwood.
Definition 2025
alburnum
alburnum
English
Noun
alburnum (usually uncountable, plural alburnums)
- sapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a tree found between the bark and the hardened heartwood.
Translations
sapwood — see sapwood
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From albus (“white”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈbur.num/
Noun
alburnum n (genitive alburnī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | alburnum | alburna |
| genitive | alburnī | alburnōrum |
| dative | alburnō | alburnīs |
| accusative | alburnum | alburna |
| ablative | alburnō | alburnīs |
| vocative | alburnum | alburna |
Descendants
References
- alburnum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ALBURNUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “alburnum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.