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Heartwood vs Fatwood - What's the difference?

heartwood | fatwood |

As nouns the difference between heartwood and fatwood

is that heartwood is the wood nearer the heart of a stem or branch, different in color from the sapwood while fatwood is a heartwood of pine trees, impregnated with resin, useful in the manufacture of pitch and pine tar.

heartwood

English

(wikipedia heartwood)

Noun

  • The wood nearer the heart of a stem or branch, different in color from the sapwood
    • A popular myth is that heartwood is stronger than sapwood

    fatwood

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A heartwood of pine trees, impregnated with resin, useful in the manufacture of pitch and pine tar.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=May 20, author=Oliver Schwaner-Albright, title=Grilling Over Wood as a Sweaty, Smoky Sport, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=He stacked split pieces of well-seasoned, thoroughly dry oak, and started a fire using some newspaper and fatwood , a resinous pinewood that flames easily. }}