"xylem" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈzaɪ.ləm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-xylem.wav [Southern-England] 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 (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 Categories (topical): Botany, Plant tissues Derived forms: 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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