English Dictionary |
XYLEM
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does xylem mean?
• XYLEM (noun)
The noun XYLEM has 1 sense:
1. the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels
Familiarity information: XYLEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("xylem" is a kind of...):
vascular tissue (tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants)
Meronyms (parts of "xylem"):
tracheid (long tubular cell peculiar to xylem)
Holonyms ("xylem" is a part of...):
ligneous plant; woody plant (a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"In my homeland I possess one hundred horses, yet if I go, I go on foot." (Bhutanese proverb)
"Those who are far from the eye are far from the heart." (Arabic proverb)
"Fire burns where it strikes." (Cypriot proverb)