vessel elements
- plural of vessel element.
Example Sentences
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A horizontal section of the wood reveals the rings; a vertical section exposes the long lines of vessel elements, giving the familiar grain of the wood.
From Nature ● Apr. 2, 2019
The wood of conifers is more primitive than the wood of angiosperms; it contains tracheids, but no vessel elements, and is therefore referred to as “soft wood.”
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The wood of conifers is more primitive than the wood of angiosperms; it contains tracheids, but no vessel elements, and is referred to as “soft wood.”
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
Like angiosperms, but unlike other gymnosperms, all gnetophytes possess vessel elements in their xylem.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
On the largest was an inscription, stating that Maximus Olybius shut up in this small vessel elements which he had prepared with great toil.
From Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Irving, Washington
