fibrovascular

American  

[fahy-broh-vas-kyuh-ler] / ˌfaɪ broʊˈvæs kyə lər /

adjective

Botany.

1. composed of fibrous and conductive tissue, as in the vascular systems of higher plants.

   a fibrovascular bundle.

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fibrovascular British  

/ ˌfaɪbrəʊˈvæskjʊlə /

adjective

1. botany (of a vascular bundle) surrounded by sclerenchyma or within sclerenchymatous tissue

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fibrovascular Scientific  

/ fī′brō-văs′kyə-lər /

1. Having fibrous tissue and vascular tissue, as in the woody tissue of plants. The veins of leaves are made of fibrovascular tissue.

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Etymology

Origin of fibrovascular

First recorded in 1835–45; fibro- + vascular

Example Sentences

If the fibrovascular rope is the mechanical impediment which hinders the normal growth, we may try the effect of cutting through this rope.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

Foliage leaves in clusters of five, slender, 3-5 inches long, soft bluish-green, needle-shaped, 3-sided, mucronate, each with a single fibrovascular bundle, sessile.

From Handbook of the Trees of New England by Dame, Lorin Low

The fibrovascular strands constitute a strong rope, which is twisted around the stem along the line on which the leaves are inserted.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

Foliage leaves in threes, 3-5 inches long, stout, stiff, dark yellowish-green, 3-sided, sharp-pointed, with two fibrovascular bundles; sessile; sheaths when young about ½ inch long.

From Handbook of the Trees of New England by Dame, Lorin Low

There are also from two to four or five free closed fibrovascular bundles in the central pith.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 by Various