Explore Tracheid through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Tracheid meaning
A tracheid cell.
Synonyms of Tracheid
Using Tracheid
- The main meaning on this page is: A tracheid cell.
- Useful related words include: vascular tissue.
- In the example corpus, tracheid often appears in combinations such as: in tracheid.
Context around Tracheid
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tracheid
- In this selection, "tracheid" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, advantages, once, based and diameter stand out and add context to how "tracheid" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a tracheid once cavitated and devonian the tracheid diameter of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tracheid" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tracheid
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An embolism is where an air bubble is created in a tracheid. (12 words)
For this reason, pits in tracheid walls have very small diameters, to prevent air entering and allowing bubbles to nucleate. (20 words)
Damage to a tracheid's wall almost inevitably leads to air leaking in and cavitation, hence the importance of many tracheids working in parallel. (24 words)
During the Devonian, maximum xylem diameter increased with time, with the minimum diameter remaining pretty constant. citation By the middle Devonian, the tracheid diameter of some plant lineages ( Zosterophyllophytes ) had plateaued. (31 words)
A tracheid, once cavitated, cannot have its embolism removed and return to service (except in a few advanced angiosperms which have developed a mechanism of doing so). (27 words)
Despite these advantages, tracheid-based wood is a lot lighter, thus cheaper to make, as vessels need to be much more reinforced to avoid cavitation. (25 words)
Example sentences (6)
An embolism is where an air bubble is created in a tracheid.
A tracheid, once cavitated, cannot have its embolism removed and return to service (except in a few advanced angiosperms which have developed a mechanism of doing so).
Damage to a tracheid's wall almost inevitably leads to air leaking in and cavitation, hence the importance of many tracheids working in parallel.
Despite these advantages, tracheid-based wood is a lot lighter, thus cheaper to make, as vessels need to be much more reinforced to avoid cavitation.
During the Devonian, maximum xylem diameter increased with time, with the minimum diameter remaining pretty constant. citation By the middle Devonian, the tracheid diameter of some plant lineages ( Zosterophyllophytes ) had plateaued.
For this reason, pits in tracheid walls have very small diameters, to prevent air entering and allowing bubbles to nucleate.
Common combinations with tracheid
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in tracheid 2×