tracheid
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0000301
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: traqueida (Spanish)
- exact: 仮導管 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A tracheary element (PO:0000290) that has no perforations in its cell wall. [source: ISBN:0471245208]
- Comment
- May have any of the kinds of secondary wall thickenings found in tracheary elements. The area of contact between two tracheids has only bordered pits, whereas in vessel members (PO:0002003), it has openings in the cell wall called perforations, organized into perforation plates (term has been requested in GO).
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