xylem

xylem

See also: Xylem

English

Etymology

From German Xylem, from Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: zīʹləm, IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪ.ləm/

Noun

xylem (plural xylems)

1. (botany) 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.

Derived terms

• metaxylem
• protoxylem

Translations

a vascular tissue in land plants

Catalan: xilema m Dutch: xyleem (nl) n Esperanto: ksilemo Finnish: puuaines (fi), ksyleemi (fi) French: xylem (fr) German: Xylem (de) n Hungarian: farész Irish: xiléim f Italian: xilema m Malay: xilem (ms)

Maori: tariwai Occitan: xilèma m Portuguese: xilema (pt) m Romanian: xilem (ro) n Russian: ксилема (ru) f (ksilema) Spanish: xilema (es) m Tagalog: danumdaluyan Telugu: దారువు (te) (dāruvu) Thai: ไซเล็ม (th) (sai-lêm)

See also

• phloem