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Water-carrying plant tissue
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xylem
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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.
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- ).
Wikipedia
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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And lifting water is just one of the many jobs that the phloem, xylem, and cambium perform.