XYLEM

Meaning of XYLEM in English

[ 'zʌɪləm ]

■ 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.

Origin

C19: from Gk xulon 'wood' + the passive suffix -ēma .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

XYLEM — noun Etymology: German, from Greek xylon Date: 1873 a complex tissue in the vascular system of higher plants that consists …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
XYLEM — Part of a plant's vascular system that conveys water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the rest of the …
Английский словарь Британика
XYLEM — ˈzīlə̇m, -ˌlem noun ( -s ) Etymology: German, from Greek xylon wood : a complex tissue in the vascular system …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
XYLEM — (n.) That portion of a fibrovascular bundle which has developed, or will develop, into wood cells; -- distinguished from phloem.
Английский словарь Webster
XYLEM — ( n. ) That portion of a fibrovascular bundle which has developed, or will develop, into wood cells; -- distinguished …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
XYLEM — /zuy"leuhm, -lem/ , n. Bot. a compound tissue in vascular plants that helps provide support and that conducts water and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
XYLEM — n. tissue in trees (Botany)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
XYLEM — noun Etymology: German, from Greek xylon Date: 1873 : a complex tissue in the vascular system of higher plants that …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
XYLEM — noun that portion of a fibrovascular bundle which has developed, or will develop, into wood cells; distinguished from phloem.
Webster English vocab
XYLEM — [xy.lem] n [G, fr. Gk xylon] (1873): a complex tissue in the vascular system of higher plants that consists of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
XYLEM — in botany, part of the vascular system that conveys water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the rest of …
Britannica English vocabulary
XYLEM — xylem BrE AmE ˈzaɪl əm -em
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
XYLEM — / ˈzaɪləm; NAmE / noun [ U ] ( biology ) the material in plants that carries water and minerals …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
XYLEM — n. Bot. woody tissue (cf. PHLOEM). [Gk xulon wood]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
XYLEM — n. Bot. woody tissue (cf. PHLOEM). [ Gk xulon wood ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
XYLEM — n. Bot. woody tissue (cf. PHLOEM). Etymology: Gk xulon wood
Oxford English vocab
XYLEM — n. Part of a plant's vascular system that conveys water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the rest of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
XYLEM — The supporting and water-conducting tissue of Vascular Plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
XYLEM — бот. ксилема (ботаника) ксилема
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
XYLEM — Древесина
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
XYLEM — n бот. ксилема
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
XYLEM — бот. ксилема
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
XYLEM — ксилема
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
XYLEM — (n) ксилема
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
XYLEM — n бот. ксилема
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
XYLEM — n бот. ксилема
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
XYLEM — ксилема - diarch xylem - endarch xylem - exarch xylem - mesarch xylem - primary xylem - secondary xylem
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
XYLEM — ксилема - diarch xylem - endarch xylem - exarch xylem - mesarch xylem - primary xylem - secondary xylem
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
XYLEM — бот. ксилема (ботаника) ксилема
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
XYLEM — ксилема
Англо-Русский словарь
XYLEM — n. Pronunciation: ' z ī -l ə m, - ˌ lem Function: noun Etymology: German, from Greek xylon Date: 1873 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
VASCULAR SYSTEM — in plants, assemblage of conducting tissues and associated supportive fibres. Xylem tissue transports water and dissolved minerals to the leaves, …
Britannica English vocabulary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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