tracheary element


tra·che·ar·y element

T5326100 (trā′kē-ĕr′ē)n. Either of two types of elongated water-conducting cells having lignified walls and found in the xylem of vascular plants; a tracheid or vessel element.
[Obsolete trachea, a water-conducting structure in xylem resembling insect tracheae; see trachea + -ary.]