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xylem

Noun

xy=lem

WORDNET DICTIONARY

xylem(n = noun.plant) - the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels;

has parts: tracheid

is a part of ligneous plant, woody plant

xylem, n. [Gr. xy`lon wood.].

That portion of a fibrovascular bundle which has developed, or will develop, into wood cells; -- distinguished from phloëm. [1913 Webster]

xylem, n. Bot. woody tissue (cf. PHLOEM).

Etymology

Gk xulon wood

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