XYLEM - Definition

Pronunciation:		'zIlem
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels

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	See Also:	ligneous plant, tracheid, vascular tissue, woody plant

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\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.

Biology Dictionary

	Definition:	Woody tissue in vascular plants that provides support and carries water and nutrients up from the roots.