TRACHEID

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Long tubular cell peculiar to xylem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("tracheid" is a kind of...):

vascular tissue (tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants)

Holonyms ("tracheid" is a part of...):

xylem (the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels)

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