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hadrome

hadrome noun: the portion of the mestome that transports fluids.

Noun

hadrome (plural hadromes)

  1. The portion of the mestome that transports fluids.
    • The cambium commences then to develop new groups of leptome outwards and new groups of hadrome inwardly.1896, Herman Theodor Holm, Botanical Pamphlets and Reprints - Volume 1, page 508
    • In the bundle the hadrome seems to have the place of advantage.1931, John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles, A textbook of botany for colleges and universities - Volume 3, page 210
  2. The rudimentary xylem in a cryptogam.
    • This physiological relationship explains the remarkable facts that where a number of hydroids lie close together the hydrome is regularly permeated by threads of starch, and that all vascular cryptogams possess a hadrome.1883, Frank Crisp, Francis Jeffrey Bell, Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, pages 537–538

hadrome meaning in Tamil

hadrome in Tamil

வல்லிழையம்

Forms of hadrome

pluralhadromes

Origin of hadrome

From Ancient Greek ἁδρός (hadrós, “thick”) + -ome.

Words formed from hadrome

Questions about hadrome

What does hadrome mean?
Hadrome means the portion of the mestome that transports fluids.
What is hadrome in Tamil?
Hadrome in Tamil is வல்லிழையம். See Hadrome meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hadrome?
Hadrome is a noun.
What is the plural of hadrome?
The plural of hadrome is hadromes.

Words near hadrome in the dictionary

  1. hadrodynamic
  2. hadrodynamics
  3. hadrogenesis
  4. hadromase
  5. hadromatic
  6. hadrome
  7. hadromerid
  8. hadromerids
  9. hadromes
  10. hadron
  11. hadronic

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