fibrovascular

[ fahy-broh-vas-kyuh-ler ]

/ ˌfaɪ broʊˈvæs kyə lər /

adjective Botany.

composed of fibrous and conductive tissue, as in the vascular systems of higher plants: a fibrovascular bundle.

Nearby words

fibrous membrane, fibrous root, fibrous tissue, fibrous tubercle, fibrously, fibrovascular, fibrovascular bundle, fibula, fibular artery, fibular nerve, fibular vein

Origin of fibrovascular

First recorded in 1835–45; fibro- + vascular

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Examples from the Web for fibrovascular

Collections of such tubes and supporting woody cells together make up what are known as fibrovascular bundles.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter

British Dictionary definitions for fibrovascular

fibrovascular

/ (ˌfaɪbrəʊˈvæskjʊlə) /

adjective

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

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Science definitions for fibrovascular

fibrovascular

[ fī′brō-văs′kyə-lər ]

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