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Xylem vs Procambium - What's the difference?

xylem | procambium |

In botany terms the difference between xylem and procambium

is that xylem is a vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood while procambium is a meristem that lies just inside the protoderm and develops into primary xylem and primary phloem.

xylem

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood.

    • Derived terms

    * metaxylem * protoxylem

    See also

    * phloem

    procambium

    English

    Noun

    (procambia)
  • (botany) A meristem that lies just inside the protoderm and develops into primary xylem and primary phloem.

    • Related terms

    * cambium