vascular tissue

/ˌvæskjələr ˌtɪʃu/

Other forms: vascular tissues

Definitions of vascular tissue

1. noun

   tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants
   types:

   stele

   the usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant

   cambium

   a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth

   fibrovascular bundle, vascular bundle, vascular strand

   a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem

   medullary ray, vascular ray

   a sheet of vascular tissue separating the vascular bundles

   xylem

   the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels

   tracheid

   long tubular cell peculiar to xylem

   bast, phloem

   (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes

   sieve tube

   tube formed by cells joined end-to-end through which nutrients flow in flowering plants and brown algae

   nervure, vein

   any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ

   type of:

   plant tissue

   the tissue of a plant