tracheophyte
UK/ˈtɹakɪəˌfʌɪt//ˈtɹeɪki.əˌfaɪt/
tracheophyte noun: any plant possessing vascular tissue (xylem and phloem), including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants.
Noun
tracheophyte (plural tracheophytes)
- Any plant possessing vascular tissue (xylem and phloem), including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants.
- By virtue of the presence and absence of vascular tissues, the tracheophytes and the bryophytes were also considered two distinctly different levels of anatomical organization. Largely for these reasons, the bryophytes and the tracheophytes are traditionally viewed as two distinct lineages, though...1997, Karl J. Niklas, The Evolutionary Biology of Plants, page 179
- The tracheophytes (vascular land plants) have a fossil record beginning in the Wenlock (Edwards et al. 1983).2010, P. K. Strother, Thomas Servais, Marco Vecoli, “The effect of terrestrialization on marine ecosystems: the fall of CO₂”, in Marco Vecoli, Gaël Clément, B. Meyer-Berthaud, editors, The...
- Synonyms:
- vascular plant
Examples of tracheophyte in a sentence
- By virtue of the presence and absence of vascular tissues, the tracheophytes and the bryophytes were also considered two distinctly different levels of anatomical organization.1997, Karl J. Niklas, The Evolutionary Biology of Plants, page 179:
- There is a clear relationship between tracheophytes and trilete spores, but not with cryptospores.2012, Philippe Steemans, Elodie Petus, Pierre Breuer, Paula Mauller-Mendlowicz, Philippe Gerrienne, “Paleozoic Innovations in the Micro-...
Synonyms of tracheophyte
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Forms of tracheophyte
| plural | tracheophytes |
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Origin of tracheophyte
From trachea (“xylem vessel”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Words formed from tracheophyte
- paratracheophyte
- protracheophyte
Questions about tracheophyte
- What does tracheophyte mean?
- Tracheophyte means any plant possessing vascular tissue (xylem and phloem), including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants.
- How do you use tracheophyte in a sentence?
- By virtue of the presence and absence of vascular tissues, the tracheophytes and the bryophytes were also considered two distinctly different levels of anatomical organization.
- What part of speech is tracheophyte?
- Tracheophyte is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tracheophyte?
- Tracheophyte is pronounced /ˈtɹakɪəˌfʌɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tracheophyte?
- The plural of tracheophyte is tracheophytes.
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