vessel element
noun
vessel elements
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pluralof vessel element.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This alternation of early and late wood is due largely to a seasonal decrease in the number of vessel elements and a seasonal increase in the number of tracheids.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Xylem tissue has three types of cells: xylem parenchyma, tracheids, and vessel elements.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
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 referred to as “soft wood.”
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 Washington Irving
