vascular plant

noun

1. a plant having a vascular system.

vascular plant

1. Any of various plants that have the vascular tissues xylem and phloem. The vascular plants include all seed-bearing plants (the gymnosperms and angiosperms) and the pteridophytes (including the ferns, lycophytes, and horsetails).

2. Also called tracheophyte

3. Compare nonvascular plant

Word History and Origins

Origin of vascular plant¹

First recorded in 1860–65