vascular plant
vascular plant — noun
1. a plant with an inner system of tubes that carries water and nutrients between i
a plant with an inner system of tubes that carries water and nutrients between its roots, stem, and leaves
Ferns are vascular plants that grow well in the damp shade under large trees.
classification: [plant] is a vascular plant
Unlike mosses, Rosa's favourite garden flowers are vascular plants with proper roots and stems.
contrast: unlike mosses ... vascular plants with roots and stems
The biology students looked at thin slices of vascular plant stems under a microscope.
Nadia picked up a fern at the market and showed her son the dark tubes inside the vascular plant's stem.
Mr. Chen showed how a vascular plant's inner tubes carry water from root to leaf.
- tracheophyte
strictly scientific term; mainly used in botany textbooks and research
- higher plant
informal term; sometimes used to contrast with 'lower plants' like mosses
- non-vascular plant
plants without xylem and phloem, e.g. mosses and liverworts
- bryophyte
the scientific grouping that includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts
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Technical term used in botany. Compare with non-vascular plants (mosses, liverworts), which lack xylem and phloem and cannot grow as tall.