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xylem
Xylem is a type of tissue in plants that carries water.
(noun)An example of xylem is what moves water and some nutrients through a plant.
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See xylem in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
the woody vascular tissue of a plant, characterized by the presence of vessels or tracheids or both, fibers, and parenchyma, that conducts water and mineral salts in the stems, roots, and leaves and gives support to the softer tissues
Origin: Ger < Gr xylon, wood
See xylem in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.
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Origin: German
Origin: , from Greek xulon, wood
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