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Axes chopped up elm's woody tissue
Answer for the clue "Axes chopped up elm's woody tissue ", 5 letters:
xylem
Alternative clues for the word xylem
- Plant circulatory system
- Plant equivalent of blood vessels
- Water-transporting tissue in plants
- Botanical nutrient conductor
- The woody part of plants the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels
- Plant circulatory tissue
- Water-carrying plant tissue
- Phloem's cousin
Word definitions for xylem in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
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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Word definitions in WordNet
n. the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels
Usage examples of xylem.
And lifting water is just one of the many jobs that the phloem, xylem, and cambium perform.