tracheophyte
Noun
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Green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms (synset 113104346)
subtypes:
- nonflowering plant, pteridophyte - plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores
- phanerogam, seed plant, spermatophyte - plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores
- herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
- halophyte - plant growing naturally in very salty soil
- succulent - a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs
- cultivar - a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation
- cultivated plant - plants that are grown for their produce
- weed - any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
- evergreen, evergreen plant - a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year
- deciduous plant - a plant having foliage that is shed annually at the end of the growing season
- vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
- creeper - any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping
- ligneous plant, woody plant - a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems
- geophyte - a perennial plant that propagates by underground bulbs or tubers or corms
- desert plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant - plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte
- mesophyte, mesophytic plant - land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water; compare xerophyte and hydrophyte
- aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant - a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
- tuberous plant - plant growing from a tuber
- bulbous plant - plant growing from a bulb
- cormous plant - plant growing from a corm
- psilophyte - any plant of the order Psilophytales: a savannah plant
- psilophyton - any plant or fossil of the genus Psilophyton
has:- vascular system - the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant
- duct - a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls
- vascular tissue - tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants
same as: vascular plant
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