xylem

English Thesaurus

1. the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	vascular tissue,
definition	:	tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	tracheid,
definition	:	long tubular cell peculiar to xylem (noun.plant)

part meronym	:	ligneous plant, woody plant,
definition	:	a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems (noun.plant)