HyperDic: vascular_tissue

English > 1 sense of the expression vascular tissue:
NOUNplantvascular tissuetissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants
English > vascular tissue: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants.
Part ofvascular plant, tracheophytegreen plant having a vascular system
vascular systemThe vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant
NarrowercambiumA formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth
phloem, bast(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed
sieve tubetube formed by cells joined end-to-end through which nutrients flow in flowering plants and brown algae
steleThe usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant
tracheidlong tubular cell peculiar to xylem
vascular bundle, vascular strand, fibrovascular bundleA unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem
vascular ray, medullary rayA sheet of vascular tissue separating the vascular bundles
xylemThe woody part of plants
Broaderplant tissueThe tissue of a plant
Spanishtejido vascular
Catalanteixit vascular

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