vascular plant
Americannoun
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Any of various plants that have the vascular tissues xylem and phloem. The vascular plants include all seed-bearing plants (the gymnosperms and angiosperms) and the pteridophytes (including the ferns, lycophytes, and horsetails).
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Also called tracheophyte
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Compare nonvascular plant
Etymology
Origin of vascular plant
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland's vascular plant red list has revealed that the Fen Orchid Liparis loeselii is officially no longer considered under threat in Britain.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025
"It will feed on just about every imaginable kind of vascular plant except those submerged in aquatic environments."
From Science Daily • Oct. 4, 2023
While each vascular plant species is unique, all are made up of a plant body consisting of stems, roots, and leaves.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Only around 5,500 species of mammal and about 391,000 species of vascular plant have been established.
From Nature • Feb. 19, 2019
With more than 25,000 species, they’re the biggest group within the plant kingdom, comprising roughly 8% of all vascular plant species.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 25, 2015
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