Relatively large diameter hardwood cells that have open ends and are arranged one above the other to form a continuous tube The openings of the vessels on the surface of a piece of wood are usually referred to as pores
Syn: Tracheid Tubelike structure of indeterminate length in porous woods, namely hardwoods
found only in hardwoods, vessels are large, usually hollow cells that move water and minerals from the leaves to the tree stem
Tube-like cells arranged end to end in the wood of flowering plants and which form the principal pathway in the transport of water and mineral salts
large-diameter tubes in the wood of hardwood, or angiosperm, trees that carry water from the roots to the trees