(botany) The sap of a plant that rises from the roots to the leaves.

(botany) The sap of a plant produced in its leaves from the crude sap to feed the plant.

plural of sap shield

(military) A metal plate that shelters a sapper.

(dated, military) A large gabion, six or seven feet long, filled with fascines, which the sapper sometimes rolls along before him for protection from the fire of an enemy.

A dull light green pigment prepared from the juice of the ripe berries of the Rhamnus cathartica, or buckthorn. It is used especially by water-color artists.

(dated, military) a fascine about three feet long, used in sapping, to close the crevices between the gabions before the parapet is made.

dry rot

Alternative form of sapwood

(botany) a vessel that conveys sap