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xylem
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[ˈzʌɪləm], (Noun)
Definitions:
- 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
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Origin
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late 19th century: from Greek xulon ‘wood’ + the passive suffix -ēma
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