单词 | xylem |
释义 | xylem/ˈzʌɪləm /noun [mass noun] Botany The vascular tissue in plants which conducts water and dissolved nutrients upwards from the root and also helps to form the woody element in the stem. Compare with phloem.Generally, a high recycling from xylem to phloem was observed in the old parts of the shoot....
OriginLate 19th century: from Greek xulon 'wood' + the passive suffix -ēma. |
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