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noun

Bot. a type of long, thick-walled, tubelike, nonliving cell found in xylem, esp. of the conifers

Origin: trache(o)- + -id

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tracheidal adjective

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noun

A cell in the xylem of vascular plants.

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tra·cheˈi·dal (trā-kēˈĭ-dl, -kēdˈl) adjective

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