Woody tissue

• Wood tissue
• Axes rotten elm having woody tissue
• The woody part of plants the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels
• Plant equivalent of blood vessels
• Botanical nutrient conductor
• Plant tissue
• Tissue in plants
• Upward-flowing plant vessels

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Xylem \Xy"lem\, n. [Gr. xy`lon wood.] (Bot.) That portion of a fibrovascular bundle which has developed, or will develop, into wood cells; -- distinguished from phlo["e]m.