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Blea :: Blea (n.) The part of a tree which lies immediately under the bark; the alburnum or sapwood.

Alburnous :: Alburnous (a.) Of or pertaining to alburnum; of the alburnum; as, alburnous substances..

Sapwood :: Sapwood (n.) The alburnum, or part of the wood of any exogenous tree next to the bark, being that portion of the tree through which the sap flows most freely; -- distinguished from heartwood..

Alburn :: Alburn (n.) The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls..

Girdle :: Girdle (v. t.) To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it..

Alburnum :: Alburnum (n.) The white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark and the hard wood or duramen; sapwood..

Heartwood :: Heartwood (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..

Ablen :: Ablen () A small fresh-water fish (Leuciscus alburnus); the bleak.

L :: L () L is the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It is usually called a semivowel or liquid. Its form and value are from the Greek, through the Latin, the form of the Greek letter being from the Phoenician, and the ultimate origin prob. Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to r and u; as in pilgrim, peregrine, couch (fr. collocare), aubura (fr. LL. alburnus)..

Sap :: Sap (n.) The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree..

Bleak :: Bleak (a.) A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae; the blay..

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