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Word: Xylem
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: from Greek xulon ‘wood’ + the passive suffix -ēma
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈzʌɪləm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the vascular tissue in plants which conducts water and dissolved nutrients upwards from the root and also helps to form the woody element in the stem.
Short Definition:vascular tissue in plants which conducts water and dissolved nutrients upwards from root and also helps to form woody element in stem
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