xylem

See also: Xylem

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Xylem, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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