vascular tissue
plant tissue consisting of ducts or vessels, that, in the higher plants, forms the system (vascular system ) by which sap is conveyed through the plant.
Origin of vascular tissue
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How to use vascular tissue in a sentence
The diverticula from the alimentary cavity form the water-vascular system and the somatic and splanchnic layers of mesoblast.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland BalfourThe cavity of the diverticula after the separation of the water-vascular system, forms the body-cavity.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland BalfourThey have locomotor organs, the ambulacra, and a water-vascular system peculiar to themselves.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote ArnoldThe fibro-vascular system in the leaf constitutes the venation.
The tube-feet are in connection with a system of vessels filled with fluid, known as the Water-vascular System of the Starfish.
Stories of the Universe: Animal Life | B. Lindsay
British Dictionary definitions for vascular tissue
tissue of higher plants consisting mainly of xylem and phloem and occurring as a continuous system throughout the plant: it conducts water, mineral salts, and synthesized food substances and provides mechanical support: Also called: conducting tissue
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Scientific definitions for vascular tissue
The tissue in vascular plants that circulates fluid and nutrients. There are two kinds of vascular tissue: xylem, which conducts water and nutrients up from the roots, and phloem, which distributes food from the leaves to other parts of the plant. Vascular tissue can be primary (growing from the apical meristem and elongating the plant body) or secondary (growing from the cambium and increasing stem girth). Seedless plants, and nearly all monocotyledons and herbaceous eudicotyledons, have only primary vascular tissue. The evolution of vascular tissue, especially xylem with its rigid water-conducting cells known as tracheids, provided the plant stem with greater support and allowed plants to grow upright to great heights. See also cambium ground tissue procambium. See more at phloem xylem.
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