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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vascular tissue
From German Xylem, from Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”).
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
xileem
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Arabic:
نسيج الخشب
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Bulgarian:
дървесна тъкан
(dǎrvesna tǎkan)
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Bulgarian:
ксилем
(ksilem)
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Catalan:
xilema
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Chinese Mandarin:
木質部 /木质部
(mùzhìbù)
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Dutch:
xyleem
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Esperanto:
ksilemo
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Finnish:
puusolukko
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Finnish:
ksyleemi
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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French:
xylème
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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German:
Xylem
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Hungarian:
farész
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Indonesian:
xilem
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Irish:
xiléim
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Italian:
xilema
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Malay:
xilem
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Māori:
tariwai
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Occitan:
xilèma
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Persian:
آوند چوبی
(âvand-e čubi)
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Polish:
drewno
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Polish:
ksylem
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Portuguese:
xilema
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Romanian:
xilem
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Russian:
ксилема
(ksilema)
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Spanish:
xilema
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Tagalog:
danumdaluyan
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Telugu:
దారువు
(dāruvu)
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
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Thai:
ไซเล็ม
(sai-lêm)
— botany: vascular tissue in land plants
