X is for Xylem


1 Definition of Xylem

(from http://www.scrabblefinder.com/word/xylem/)

The meaning of the word Xylem:

Is xylem a scrabble word? Yes!

  • n. – The woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels

There are more outdoorsy pictures and some information about ginseng at my homesteading and herbal blog. I posted an article there about the ginseng and a blog post about the hike.

Lately I’ve been dealing with forces of Nature, so my blog posts have had to do with the flood or the outdoors. Xylem being a major part of trees made it a good choice for today’s X-word.

Not only that, I couldn’t think of another word to use. So I guess when I get a chance I’ll have to browse the other A-to-Z sites to see what they came up with.