Part of a woodpecker's diet (3)

I believe the answer is:

sap

(Other definitions for sap that I've seen before include "Plant juice; undermine" , "Fluid in plant stems" , "Cosh; plant's juice" , "Watery substance in a plant" , "Enervate" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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