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vascular bundle
structure composed of tissues (xylem and phloem) for conducting liquids in higher plants, and for giving strength
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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Vascular bundles are present throughout the monocot stem, although concentrated towards the outside. This differs from the monocot root that has a ring of vascular bundles and often none in the center.
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vascular bundle Groups of xylem, phloem and cambium cells in stems of plants descended from the procambium embryonic tissue layer.
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vascular bundle A strand of tissue containing primary xylem and primary phloem, often surrounded by a bundle sheath.
vascular cambium Meristematic tissue that gives rise to secondary xylem and secondary phloem.
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Vascular bundles are scattered through the pith.
Each contains:
a layer of sclerenchyma that provides support
a bundle of phloem containing ...
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vascular bundle
In plants, a group of longitudinal supporting and conducting tissues (xylem and phloem).
vascular cambium ...
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vascular bundles: arrangements of the xylem and phloem in vascular plants.
vascular plants: plants that contain specialized tissues to transport fluids.
vascular plants with protected seeds: angiosperms; the most developed and complex vascular plants.
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vascular bundle
A structure of vascular plants that runs up through the roots, into the stems, and out into the leaves, and whose function is transport of water, ions and dissolved organic solutes within the plant.
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Stem vascular arrangement -- Vascular tissue occurs in long strands called vascular bundles. These bundles are arranged within the stem of dicots to form a cylinder, appearing as a ring of spots when you cut across the stem.
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