Crossword-Solution: XYLEM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Xylem | n. | That portion of a fibrovascular bundle which has developed, or will develop, into wood cells; -- distinguished from phloem. |
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Sentences with XYLEM (5)
The cells of the wood or xylem are rather larger than those of the bast or phloem, and have thicker walls than any of the phloem cells, except the outermost ones which are thick-walled fibres like those under the epidermis.
The xylem, as in the pine, is toward the outside of the stem, but the boundary between xylem and phloem is not well defined, there being no cambium present.
The rest of the xylem cells, as well as those of the phloem, are not noticeably different from the cells of the ground tissue, except for their much smaller size, and absence of intercellular spaces.
The fibro-vascular bundle is of the radial type, there being two masses of xylem (_xy._) joined in the middle, and separating the two phloem masses (_ph._), some of whose cells are rather thicker walled than the others.
The tracheary tissue of the xylem is made up of small, spirally-marked vessels, and larger ones with thickened rings or with pits in the walls.
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Appears in: Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, S&S, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 24 times in crossword archives (1995–2023).