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Answer for the clue "Usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood ", 7 letters:
duramen

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood [syn: heartwood ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) heartwood

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Heartwood \Heart"wood`\ (h[aum]rt"w[oo^]d`), 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 ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
redirect Wood#Heartwood and sapwood

Usage examples of duramen.

The wood of the tree, in comparison with the bark, is relatively poor in silex, the duramen of an old tree giving only 2.