noun
the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant
• Hypernyms: ↑system
• Hyponyms: ↑water vascular system, ↑portal system, ↑lymphatic system, ↑systema lymphaticum, ↑circulatory system, ↑cardiovascular system
• Part Holonyms: ↑body, ↑organic structure, ↑physical structure, ↑vascular plant, ↑tracheophyte
• Part Meronyms: ↑vessel, ↑vas, ↑vascular tissue
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noun : the part of the body of a vascular plant that is made up of vascular tissue
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vascular system,
1. Zoology. the vessels and organs that carry and circulate the blood and lymph.
2. Botany. the vascular tissue in a plant.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.