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

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

Edible portions of plants are mostly ground tissue.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018

Inside the ground tissue, there is a ring known as the vascular cambium.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

The ground tissue is composed, as in the leaves we have studied, of chlorophyll-bearing, loose cells, rather more compact upon the upper side.

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