ground tissue

American  

[graund tish-oo] / ˈgraʊnd ˌtɪʃ u /

noun

ground tissues plural

1. Botany. tissue that is between a plant's epidermis or outer layer and the vascular tissue and that serves mainly for support, storage, and metabolism.

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ground tissue Scientific  

1. The tissue of a plant other than the epidermis, periderm, and vascular tissues, consisting primarily of parenchyma, and (in lesser amounts) of collenchyma and sclerenchyma. Cortex and pith are subtypes of ground tissue.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ground tissues
  plural

Example Sentences

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ground tissue

Like the rest of the plant, the stem has three tissue systems: dermal, vascular, and ground tissue.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Simple tissues are made up of similar cell types; examples include dermal tissue and ground tissue.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

The root has an outer layer of cells called the epidermis, which surrounds areas of ground tissue and vascular tissue.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

In the monocot stem, the vascular bundles are scattered throughout the ground tissue.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

The stems of Panicum colonum, Panicum stagninum and Panicum Crus-galli have in their centre in the ground tissue stellate cells with air-cavities.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.