plant tissue

Noun
  1. The tissue of a plant (synset 113116444)
    is a type of: plant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus
    subtypes:
    • interstitial tissue - tissue between the cells of a structure or part in plant or animal
    • fibrous tissue - tissue consisting of or containing fibers in both animals and plants
    • cortex - the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal
    • medulla - the inner part of an organ or structure in plant or animal
    • perisperm - the nutritive tissue outside the sac containing the embryo in some seeds
    • stroma - the dense colorless framework of a chloroplast
    • stroma - a mass of fungal tissue that has spore-bearing structures embedded in it or on it
    • flesh, pulp - a soft moist part of a fruit
    • pith - soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants
    • parenchyma - the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems
    • lignum - woody tissue
    • vascular tissue - tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants
    • pseudophloem - false phloem
    • gall - abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury
    • meristem - undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root

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