vascular system
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Noun | 1. | ![]() water vascular system - system of fluid-filled tubes used by echinoderms in locomotion and feeding and respiration body, organic structure, physical structure - the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" system - a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion" portal system - system of veins that carry blood from the abdominal organs to the liver lymphatic system, systema lymphaticum - the interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body cardiovascular system, circulatory system - the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body tracheophyte, vascular plant - green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms vascular tissue - tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants |
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