vascular cylinder
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vascular cylinder — n. STELE (sense 3) … English World dictionary
vascular cylinder — noun : the cylinder of vascular tissue between cortex and pith of a vascular plant : stele … Useful english dictionary
vascular cylinder — noun Date: circa 1889 stele … New Collegiate Dictionary
Cylinder stresses — Circumferential stress is a type of mechanical stress of a cylindrically shaped part as a result of internal or external pressure. The classic example of circumferential stress is the tension applied to the iron bands, or hoops, of a wooden… … Wikipedia
lower vascular plant — ▪ biology Introduction formerly pteridophyte, also called vascular cryptogam, any of the spore bearing vascular plants, including the ferns, club mosses, spike mosses, quillworts, horsetails, and whisk ferns. Once considered of the… … Universalium
siphonostele — Vascular cylinder of plants, the central region of which is pith. See also stele … Expanded glossary of Cycad terms
angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) … Universalium
plant development — Introduction a multiphasic process in which two distinct forms succeed each other in alternating generations. One form, created by the union of sexual cells (gametes (gamete)), contains two sets of similar chromosomes (diploid). At sexual… … Universalium
Stele (biology) — In a vascular plant, the stele is the central part of the root or stem containing the tissues derived from the procambium. These include vascular tissue, in some cases ground tissue (pith) and a pericycle, which, if present, defines the outermost … Wikipedia
root — root1 rootlike, adj. /rooht, root/, n. 1. a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture. 2. a similar organ developed from some… … Universalium
