HyperDic: vascular_plant

English > 1 sense of the expression vascular plant:
NOUNplantvascular plant, tracheophytegreen plant having a vascular system
English > vascular plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggreen plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms.
Synonymtracheophyte
PartsductA continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls
vascular systemThe vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant
vascular tissuetissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants
Narroweraquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plantA plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus / lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
bulbous plantplant growing from a bulb
cormous plantplant growing from a corm
creeperAny plant (as ivy or periwinkle / periwinkle) that grows by creeping
cultivarA variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation
cultivated plantplants that are grown for their produce
deciduous plantA plant having foliage that is shed annually at the end of the growing season
desert plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant, xerophile, xerophilous plantplant adapted for life with a limited supply of water
evergreen, evergreen plantA plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year
geophyteA perennial plant that propagates by underground bulbs or tubers or corms
halophyteplant growing naturally in very salty soil
herb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
mesophyte, mesophytic plantLand plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water
psilophyteAny plant of the order Psilophytales
psilophytonAny plant or fossil of the genus Psilophyton
pteridophyte, nonflowering plantplants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores
spermatophyte, phanerogam, seed plantplant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores
succulentA plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs
tuberous plantplant growing from a tuber
vineA plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
weedAny plant that crowds out cultivated plants
woody plant, ligneous plantA plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems
Broaderplant, flora, plant life(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
Spanishplanta vascular, tracheophyte, traqueofita, traqueófita
Catalanplanta vascular

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