Xylem – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
xylem
n.
tissue in trees (Botany)
Xylem
Xylem is one of the two types of transport
tissue in
vascular plants,
phloem being the other. The word
xylem is derived from the
Greek word ξύλον (
xylon), meaning "wood"; the best-known xylem tissue is
wood, though it is found throughout the plant.
xylem
Noun
1. the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels
(hypernym) vascular tissue
(part-holonym) woody plant, ligneous plant
(part-meronym) tracheid
xylem
n.
xylém; rostlinné pletivo
Xylem
(n.)
That portion of a fibrovascular bundle which has developed, or will develop, into wood cells; -- distinguished from phloem.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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