Look up: xylem

1. Xylem
   the part of the vascular system that moves water and minerals through the plant.
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2. xylem
   Water-conducting tissue of vascular plants.
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3. xylem
   A plant tissue consisting of tracheids, vessels, parenchyma cells, and fibers; functions in conduction of water and minerals and in structural support of the plant.
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4. Xylem
   The principal mineral and water-conducting tissues in vascular plants characterised by the pressure of tracheids. May also contain vessels, parenchyma cells, fibres and sclerids.
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5. xylem
   [n] - the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels
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6. xylem
   the principal strengthening and water-conducting tissue of stems,leaves,and roots,characterised by the presence of tracheary elements Category: Botany and zoology • The cells differentiated mostly toward the inside of the cambium. Category: Botany and zoology
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7. xylem
   Plant tissue responsible for the movement of water and inorganic solutes from the roots to the shoot and leaves. Contains tracheids, vessels, fibre cells and parenchyma. Also provides structural support for the plant, especially in wood.
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8. Xylem
   Xy'lem noun [ Greek xy`lon wood.] (Botany) That portion of a fibrovascular bundle which has developed, or will develop, into wood cells; -- distinguished from phloëm .
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9. xylem
   <plant biology> Plant tissue in vascular plants that carries water and nutrients up from the roots to the shoot and leaves. Contains tracheids, vessels, fibre cells and parenchyma. Also provides structural support for the plant, especially in wood. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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10. xylem
    noun the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels
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11. Xylem
    • (n.) That portion of a fibrovascular bundle which has developed, or will develop, into wood cells; -- distinguished from phloem.
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12. xylem
    in botany, part of the vascular system that conveys water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the rest of the plant and may also furnish ... [15 related articles]
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13. xylem
    xylem Woody tissue or cells.
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14. Xylem
    Xylem is one of the two types of transport tissue in vascular plants (phloem is 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. Its basic function is to transport water, but i...
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15. xylem
    The layer of cells that transport water and nutrients to the leaves and branches from the roots.
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16. Xylem
    Vascular tissue under bark taking water and nutrients up a stem.
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17. xylem
    Tissue in the vascular system of plants that moves water and dissolved nutrients from the roots to the leaves and also provides mechanical support. Xylem is of two kinds: primary, formed by differentiation from procambium and consisting of protoxylem and metaxylem, and secondary, additional xylem pr...
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18. XYLEM
    Plant vascular tissue which moves water and nutrients from roots to leaves.
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19. xylem
    xylem (zī'lum) : see stem; wood.
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20. Xylem
    Xylem is a woody tissue that transports water and dissolved mineral nutrients in vascular plants. In flowering plants it consists of hollow vessels (known as vessel elements) that are formed from cells joined end to end. The end walls of the vessel elements are perforated to allow the passage of wat...
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21. xylem
    Transport tissue found in vascular plants, whose main function is to conduct water and dissolved mineral nutrients from the roots to other parts of the plant. The water is ultimately lost by transpiration from the leaves (see leaf). Xylem is composed of a number of different types of cell, and may in...
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22. Xylem
    The woody supportive plant tissue that carries water and dissolved minerals from the roots through the stem and leaves of the plant.
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23. Xylem
    The woody supportive plant tissue that carries water and dissolved minerals from the roots through the stem and leaves of the plant.
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24. Xylem
    the water-conducting tissue of vascular plants
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