xylem

See also: Xylem

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: zīʹləm, IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪ.ləm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪləm

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.

Coordinate terms

• phloem

Derived terms

• metaxylem
• protoxylem
• xylematic
• xylemian

Translations

botany: vascular tissue in land plants

• Afrikaans: xileem (af) sg
• Arabic: نسيج الخشب m
• Bulgarian: дървесна тъкан f (dǎrvesna tǎkan)
• Catalan: xilema m
• Dutch: xyleem (nl) n
• Esperanto: ksilemo
• Finnish: puusolukko, ksyleemi (fi)
• French: xylème (fr)
• German: Xylem (de) n
• Hungarian: farész (hu)
• Indonesian: xilem (id)
• Irish: xiléim f
• Italian: xilema m
• Malay: xilem (ms)
• Maori: tariwai
• Occitan: xilèma m
• Persian: آوند چوبی (fa) (âvand-e čubi)
• Polish: drewno (pl) n, ksylem 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)