heartwood
noun
heart·wood
ˈhärt-ˌwu̇d 
: the older harder nonliving central wood of trees that is usually darker, denser, less permeable, and more durable than the surrounding sapwood
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Some beetles feed just underneath bark while others tunnel more deeply into heartwood.
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Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024
Some of the standout features of the townhouse-style condo are its soaring 18-foot ceilings, reclaimed heartwood pine floors, and walls of floor-to-ceiling windows.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2023
Her research also led her to local practices, including Hardanger embroidery, in which white linen or cloth is adorned with lacelike patterns in white thread, and the method of dyeing textiles using heartwood from logwood trees, which imbues fabric with a purplish tinge.
—New York Times, 16 Apr. 2021
The dead wood can be major roots or the heartwood in the center of the trunk that gives the tree its strength.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 12 June 2023
Built by post-and-beam aficionado Tedd Benson of Bensonwood, the home features timber framing with heartwood pine beams, ceilings of tongue-and-groove pine, and Santos mahogany flooring.
—John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
The brown rot could be a fungus rotting out the oak’s heartwood.
—oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2023
Floors are the original antique heartwood pine.
—Sarah Paynter, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
Meaning that while the tree is alive, the fungus is actively decaying the roots and the heartwood in the lower portion of the trunk.
—oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2022
Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024
Some of the standout features of the townhouse-style condo are its soaring 18-foot ceilings, reclaimed heartwood pine floors, and walls of floor-to-ceiling windows.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2023
Her research also led her to local practices, including Hardanger embroidery, in which white linen or cloth is adorned with lacelike patterns in white thread, and the method of dyeing textiles using heartwood from logwood trees, which imbues fabric with a purplish tinge.
—New York Times, 16 Apr. 2021
The dead wood can be major roots or the heartwood in the center of the trunk that gives the tree its strength.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 12 June 2023
Built by post-and-beam aficionado Tedd Benson of Bensonwood, the home features timber framing with heartwood pine beams, ceilings of tongue-and-groove pine, and Santos mahogany flooring.
—John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
The brown rot could be a fungus rotting out the oak’s heartwood.
—oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2023
Floors are the original antique heartwood pine.
—Sarah Paynter, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
Meaning that while the tree is alive, the fungus is actively decaying the roots and the heartwood in the lower portion of the trunk.
—oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2022
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“Heartwood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heartwood. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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