xylem

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

• enPR: zīʹləm, IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪ.ləm/

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• Rhymes: -aɪləm

xylem (countable and uncountable, 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.

• phloem

• leptoxylem
• metaxylem
• protoxylem
• xylematic
• xylemian