vascular tissue

Noun
  1. Tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants (synset 113117622)
    is a type of: plant tissue - the tissue of a plant
    subtypes:
    • 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
    is a part of:
    • 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
    • tracheophyte, vascular plant - green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms

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