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leptoxylem

leptoxylem noun: the water-conducting tissue of the sporophyte of mosses.

Noun

leptoxylem (uncountable)

  1. The water-conducting tissue of the sporophyte of mosses.

Origin of leptoxylem

lepto- + xylem

Questions about leptoxylem

What does leptoxylem mean?
Leptoxylem means the water-conducting tissue of the sporophyte of mosses.
What part of speech is leptoxylem?
Leptoxylem is a noun.

Words near leptoxylem in the dictionary

  1. leptothecates
  2. leptotrich
  3. leptotriches
  4. leptotyphlopid
  5. leptotyphlopids
  6. leptoxylem
  7. lepturine
  8. lepturines
  9. leptynite
  10. leptynites
  11. leptynitic

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