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Sapwood in vessel featuring in book (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alburnum

'sapwood' is the definition.
(alburnum is another term for sapwood)

'vessel featuring in book' is the wordplay.
'vessel' becomes 'urn' (urn is a kind of vessel).
'featuring in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'book' becomes 'album' (album is a kind of book).
'urn' placed into 'album' is 'ALBURNUM'.

'in' is the link.

(Another definition for alburnum that I've seen is " new-grown wood".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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