See Also: tracheid(medicine)
tracheid(dictionary)

spending (oh) and tracheid (iou)


spending (oh)



the amount of money spent, especially by a government or organization
government/public/defence etc spending
::a plan to increase military spending

tracheid (iou)



tracheid noun. Also (now rare) tracheide. L19.

Botany. A type of tracheary element (found esp. in gymnosperms and ferns) which lacks a perforation plate. Cf. VESSEL noun1 5b.
tracheidal adjective L19.