vessel element

American  

noun

plural

vessel elements

1. Botany. one of two types of water-conducting cell present in the xylem. Compare tracheid.

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vessel element Scientific  

1. An elongated, water-conducting cell in xylem, one of the two kinds of tracheary elements. The cells die when mature, leaving only their lignified cell walls. They are stacked one on top of another in long columns, called vessels. Water flows unimpeded from cell to cell along these columns through perforations in the cell walls. Vessel elements are found only in angiosperms.

2. Compare tracheid

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Example Sentences

Each vessel element is connected to the next by means of a perforation plate at the end walls of the element.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022