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Xylem
Xylem
is one of the two types of transport
tissue
in
vascular plants
,
phloem
being the other. The word
xylem
is derived from the
Greek
word ξύλον (
xylon
), meaning "wood"; the best-known xylem tissue is
wood
, though it is found throughout the plant.
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