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Axes chopped up elm's woody tissue
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xylem
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
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.
Wikipedia
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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 ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"woody tissue in higher plants," 1875, from German Xylem , coined from Greek xylon "wood" (see xylo- ).
Usage examples of xylem.
And lifting water is just one of the many jobs that the phloem, xylem, and cambium perform.