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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Duramen \Du*ra"men\, n. [L., hardness, a hardened, i. e., ligneous, vine branch, fr durare to harden. See {Dure}.] (Bot.) The heartwood of an exogenous tree. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: duramen n : the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood [syn: {heartwood}]
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