Look up: xylem

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   Xylem
   the part of the vascular system that moves water and minerals through the plant.
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   xylem
   Water-conducting tissue of vascular plants.
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   Xylem
   Xylem is a woody tissue found in vascular plants. Its purpose is to conduct water and dissolved minerals from the root to the rest of the plant.
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   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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   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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   xylem
   [n] - the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels
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   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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   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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   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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    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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    xylem
    noun the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels
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    Xylem
    In vascular plants, `xylem` is one of the two types of transport tissue, phloem being the other. The word `xylem` is derived from classical Greek ξ�...λον (`xylon`), `wood`, and indeed the best known xylem tissue is wood, though it is found throughout the plant. Its basic function is to transport water.
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    Xylem
    • (n.) That portion of a fibrovascular bundle which has developed, or will develop, into wood cells; -- distinguished from phloem.
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    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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    xylem
    xylem Woody tissue or cells.
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    xylem
    The layer of cells that transport water and nutrients to the leaves and branches from the roots.
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    Xylem
    Vascular tissue under bark taking water and nutrients up a stem.
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    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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    XYLEM
    Plant vascular tissue which moves water and nutrients from roots to leaves.
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    xylem
    xylem (zī'lum) : see stem; wood.
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