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Noun: vascular tissue  'vas-kyu-lu(r) 'ti-shoo
  1. Tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants
    "The xylem and phloem are types of vascular tissue"

Derived forms: vascular tissues

Type of: plant tissue

Part of: tracheophyte, vascular plant, vascular system

Encyclopedia: Vascular tissue