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TRACHEID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tracheid mean?
• TRACHEID (noun)
The noun TRACHEID has 1 sense:
1. long tubular cell peculiar to xylem
Familiarity information: TRACHEID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Long tubular cell peculiar to xylem
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("tracheid" is a kind of...):
vascular tissue (tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants)
Holonyms ("tracheid" is a part of...):
xylem (the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels)
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