xilema
Portuguese, noun/ʃiˈlẽ.mɐ/
xilema is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “xylem (vascular tissue in land plants)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tecido das plantas vasculares por onde circula a seiva desde a raiz até às folhas”.
What does xilema mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinexylem (vascular tissue in land plants)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tecido das plantas vasculares por onde circula a seiva desde a raiz até às folhas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of xilema
- xilemas plural
- xylema alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xilema?
- Brazil /ʃiˈlẽ.mɐ/
- Portugal /ʃiˈle.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to xilema
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is xilema in Portuguese?
xilema appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).