vascular plant

vascular plant
Any plant possessing vascular tissue (xylem and phloem), including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants.

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  • Vascular plant — Vascular Plants Temporal range: Mid Silurian [1] Recent Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • vascular plant — n. a plant having specialized tissues (xylem and phloem) that conduct water and synthesized foods, as any fern, gymnosperm, or angiosperm; tracheophyte …   English World dictionary

  • vascular plant — Plant species possessing organized vascular tissues …   Glossary of Biotechnology

  • vascular plant — plant that has specialized cells to transport water or mineral salts and sugars within its tissues …   English contemporary dictionary

  • vascular plant —   Plant having phloem or xylem as conducting tissues, i.e. any pteridophyte (ferns and their allies) or spermatophyte (gymnosperms and angiosperms) …   Expanded glossary of Cycad terms

  • vascular plant — noun green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms • Syn: ↑tracheophyte • Hypernyms: ↑plant, ↑flora, ↑plant life • Hyponyms: ↑pteridophyt …   Useful english dictionary

  • vascular plant — a plant having a vascular system. [1860 65] * * * or tracheophyte Any plant that has a specialized conducting system consisting mostly of phloem (food conducting tissue) and xylem (water conducting tissue), collectively called vascular tissue.… …   Universalium

  • vascular plant — /væskjələ ˈplænt/ (say vaskyuhluh plant) noun one of the higher plants, with well differentiated vascular tissues …  

  • vascular plant — noun Date: 1861 a plant having a specialized conducting system that includes xylem and phloem ; tracheophyte …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Non-vascular plant — Non vascular plants is a general term for those plants without a vascular system (xylem and phloem). Although non vascular plants lack these particular tissues, a number of non vascular plants possess tissues specialized for internal transport of …   Wikipedia

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