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xylem

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n. (context botany English) 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.

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Xylem is one of the two types of transport tissue in vascular plants , phloem being the other. The basic function of xylem is to transport water from roots to shoot and leaves, but it also transports some nutrients . The word xylem is derived from the Greek ...

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And lifting water is just one of the many jobs that the phloem, xylem, and cambium perform.