"xylem" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈzaɪ.ləm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-xylem.wav Forms: xylems [plural]
enPR: zīʹləm Rhymes: -aɪləm Etymology: From German Xylem, from Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|de|Xylem}} German Xylem, {{uder|en|grc|ξύλον||wood}} Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} xylem (countable and uncountable, plural xylems)
  1. (botany) A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood. Wikipedia link: xylem Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: leptoxylem, metaxylem, protoxylem, xylematic, xylemian Coordinate_terms: phloem Translations (botany: vascular tissue in land plants): xileem [singular] (Afrikaans), نسيج الخشب [masculine] (Arabic), дървесна тъкан (dǎrvesna tǎkan) [feminine] (Bulgarian), xilema [masculine] (Catalan), xyleem [neuter] (Dutch), ksilemo (Esperanto), puusolukko (Finnish), ksyleemi (Finnish), xylème (French), Xylem [neuter] (German), farész (Hungarian), xilem (Indonesian), xiléim [feminine] (Irish), xilema [masculine] (Italian), xilem (Malay), tariwai (Maori), xilèma [masculine] (Occitan), آوند چوبی (âvand-e čubi) (Persian), drewno [neuter] (Polish), ksylem [masculine] (Polish), xilema [masculine] (Portuguese), xilem [neuter] (Romanian), ксилема (ksilema) [feminine] (Russian), xilema [masculine] (Spanish), danumdaluyan (Tagalog), దారువు (dāruvu) (Telugu), ไซเล็ม (sai-lêm) (Thai)

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      "word": "xilema"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "botany: vascular tissue in land plants",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "xilem"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ksilema",
      "sense": "botany: vascular tissue in land plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ксилема"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "botany: vascular tissue in land plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xilema"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "botany: vascular tissue in land plants",
      "word": "danumdaluyan"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "dāruvu",
      "sense": "botany: vascular tissue in land plants",
      "word": "దారువు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sai-lêm",
      "sense": "botany: vascular tissue in land plants",
      "word": "ไซเล็ม"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xylem"
}

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