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

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

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Edible portions of plants are mostly ground tissue.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018

Dermal, vascular, and ground tissue are all found in roots.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018

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 vascular bundles are rather numerous and irregularly scattered all over the ground tissue.

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