vascular bundle

vascular bundle

n.

A strand of primary conductive plant tissue consisting essentially of xylem and phloem. Also called fibrovascular bundle.

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vascular bundle

A strand of primary tissues found within the stem of a plant and consisting of xylem and phloem, along with cambium. The vascular bundles develop from the procambium of the growing stem. In the monocotyledons, vascular bundles are found in complex arrangements dispersed throughout the stem. In eudicotyledons, they are arranged in a ring, with the xylem of each bundle on the inside and the phloem on the outside. Also called fibrovascular bundle. See also fascicular cambiuminterfascicular cambium

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vascular bundle - a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem fibrovascular bundle, vascular strand vascular tissue - tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants nervure, vein - any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ