vascular

1. a. Consisting of, or containing, vessels as an essential part of a structure; full of vessels; specifically (Bot.), pertaining to, or containing, special ducts, or tubes, for the circulation of sap. Source: opted

2. a. Operating by means of, or made up of an arrangement of, vessels; as, the vascular system in animals, including the arteries, veins, capillaries, lacteals, etc. Source: opted

3. a. Of or pertaining to the vessels of animal and vegetable bodies; as, the vascular functions. Source: opted

4. a. Of or pertaining to the higher division of plants, that is, the phaenogamous plants, all of which are vascular, in distinction from the cryptogams, which to a large extent are cellular only. Source: opted

5. adj. of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids Source: wordnet

6. 1. (Biol.) (a) Consisting of, or containing, vessels as an essential part of a structure; full of vessels; specifically (Bot.), pertaining to, or containing, special ducts, or tubes, for the circulation of sap. (b) Operating by means of, or made up of an arrangement of, vessels; as, the vascular system in animals, including the arteries, veins, capillaries, lacteals, etc. (c) Of or pertaining to the vessels of animal and vegetable bodies; as, the vascular functions. 2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the higher division of plants, that is, the phænogamous plants, all of which are vascular, in distinction from the cryptogams, which to a large extent are cellular only. Vascular plants (Bot.), plants composed in part of vascular tissue, as all flowering plants and the higher cryptogamous plants, or those of the class Pteridophyta. Cf. Cellular plants, Cellular. -- Vascular system (Bot.), the body of associated ducts and woody fiber; the fibrovascular part of plants. -- Vascular tissue (Bot.), vegetable tissue composed partly of ducts, or sap tubes. -- Water vascular system (Zoöl.), a system of vessels in annelids, nemerteans, and many other invertebrates, containing a circulating fluid analogous to blood, but not of the same composition. In annelids the fluid which they contain is usually red, but in some it is green, in others yellow, or whitish. Source: webster

7. Of or pertaining to the higher division of plants, that is, thephænogamous plants, all of which are vascular, in distinction fromthe cryptogams, which to a large extent are cellular only. Vascularplants (Bot.), plants composed in part of vascular tissue, as allflowering plants and the higher cryptogamous plants, or those of theclass Pteridophyta. Cf. Cellular plants, Cellular.-- Vascular system (Bot.), the body of associated ducts and woodyfiber; the fibrovascular part of plants.-- Vascular tissue (Bot.), vegetable tissue composed partly ofducts, or sap tubes.-- Water vascular system (Zoöl.), a system of vessels in annelids,nemerteans, and many other invertebrates, containing a circulatingfluid analogous to blood, but not of the same composition. Inannelids the fluid which they contain is usually red, but in some itis green, in others yellow, or whitish. Source: adambom

8. j:100 a. of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids Source: ecdict

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