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xylemlike

xylemlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a xylem.

Adjective

xylemlike (comparative more xylemlike, superlative most xylemlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a xylem.
    • In the medulla of callus formed in this fashion, a number of lignified cells occurred resembling the xylemlike cells often found in callus tissue.1963, Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science

Forms of xylemlike

comparativemore xylemlike
superlativemost xylemlike

Origin of xylemlike

From xylem + -like.

Questions about xylemlike

What does xylemlike mean?
Xylemlike means resembling or characteristic of a xylem.
What part of speech is xylemlike?
Xylemlike is an adjective.

Words near xylemlike in the dictionary

  1. xylem
  2. xylematic
  3. xylemian
  4. xylemic
  5. xylemless
  6. xylemlike
  7. xylems
  8. xylene
  9. xylene musk
  10. xylene musks
  11. xylenes

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