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tylose

plant structure
Also known as: tylosis

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cell structure in trees

  • snake gourd flower
    In angiosperm: Secondary vascular system

    Tyloses are balloonlike outgrowths of parenchyma cells that bulge through the circular bordered pits of vessel members and block water movement. The presence of tyloses in white oaks makes their wood watertight, which is why it is preferred in casks and shipbuilding to red oak,…

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  • giant sequoias
    In tree: Growth ring formation

    The occlusions, called tyloses, may occur in the first year after vessel formation. The protoplast of an adjacent living cell proliferates through thin areas in the cell walls known as pits. Red oak (Quercus rubra) does not have tyloses, whereas white oak (Q. alba) does; this is why…

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