"Alburnum" Quotes from Famous Books
... base it displayed an opening of from four to five feet in width, and ten feet high, which gave entrance to its interior. The giant's heart had disappeared, the alburnum had been dissipated into soft whitish dust; but if the tree did not depend so much on its powerful roots as on its solid bark, it could still ... — Godfrey Morgan - A Californian Mystery • Jules Verne |