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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

tejido vegetal

Pronunciation / Transliteration: teˈxiðo βexetaˈlal

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Plant-tissue/ˈplɑːnt ˈtɪʃ.uː/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El tejido vegetal incluye el xilema y el floema."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An ensemble of similar cells bundled together that carry out specific functions in plants.

    "Vascular plant-tissue transports water, minerals, and sugars throughout the roots, stems, and leaves."
  2. 2

    Biological material derived from plants used in research, culture, or industrial applications.

    "The laboratory specializes in plant-tissue culture for rapid micropropagation of endangered flora."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'plant', derived from the Latin planta (sprout, shoot), and 'tissue', originating from the Old French tistre (to weave) via Latin texere. It emerged in modern botanical and biological nomenclature during the 19th century as microscopy enabled the detailed cellular analysis of botanic structures.

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