Definition of Xylem

plant tissue that carries water and minerals from the roots to the leaves

Examples of Xylem in a sentence

Xylem carried water from the root of the plant to the very center of the leaf.  🔊

Without xylem, the plant would have no tissue to bring nutrients from its bottom to its top.  🔊

Not only is water and minerals moved up to the leaf through the plants xylem, so is bacteria.  🔊

Serving as transport tissue, the rose’s xylem moves water from the bottom of the vase up to its green leaves.  🔊

Moving water up the plant’s stem, the xylem makes sure that the orchid has enough water and nutrients to produce food for itself.  🔊

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