tracheid

tracheid
tracheidal /treuh kee"i dl, tray'kee uyd"l/, adj.
/tray"kee id/, n. Bot.
an elongated, tapering xylem cell having lignified, pitted, intact walls, adapted for conduction and support. Cf. vessel (def. 5).
[1870-75; TRACHE(A) + -ID3]

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▪ plant structure
 in botany, primitive element of xylem (fluid-conducting tissues), consisting of a single elongated cell with pointed ends and a secondary, cellulosic wall thickened with lignin (a chemical binding substance) containing numerous pits but having no perforations in the primary cell wall. At functional maturity, the cell is dead and empty; its former protoplast is represented, if at all, by a warty layer on the wall. Tracheids serve for support and for upward conduction of water and dissolved minerals in all vascular plants and are the only such elements in conifers and ferns. See also vessel.

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