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du⋅ra⋅men

  [doo-rey-min, dyoo-]
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–noun Botany.
heartwood.
Origin:
1830–40; < L dūrāmen hardness, hardened vine branch, equiv. to dūrā(re) to harden + -men n. suffix
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du·ra·men   (dŏŏ-rā'mən, dyŏŏ-)   
n.   Botany
See heartwood.

[Latin dūrāmen, hard growth of a vine, from dūrāre, to harden, from dūrus, hard; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]
heart·wood   (härt'wŏŏd')   
n.  The older, nonliving central wood of a tree or woody plant, usually darker and harder than the younger sapwood. Also called duramen.
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