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

They differentiate into three main types: dermal, vascular, and ground tissue.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

In monocots, the vascular bundles are scattered in the ground tissue.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

In dicots, the vascular bundles are scattered in the ground tissue.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Apical meristems differentiate into the three basic types of meristem tissue which correspond to the three types of tissue: protoderm produces new epidermis, ground meristem produces ground tissue, and procambium produces new xylem and phloem.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The outer cells of the ground tissue in the green branches contain chlorophyll, and the walls of some of them are thickened.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton