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primary xylem

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noun

Botany.
  1. xylem derived directly from the growth of an apical meristem.


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The vascular bundles divide into primary xylem and primary phloem.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The vascular cambium is located just outside the primary xylem and to the interior of the primary phloem.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Attached to the vascular cambium are primary phloem and primary xylem.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Rounded bundles of primary xylem tissue project from this ring into the pith.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

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