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Heartwood
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Heartwood'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/heartwood.html. 1828.