meaning of vascular
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Of or pertaining to the vessels of animal and vegetable bodies; as, the vascular functions.
4. 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.
5. of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids; "vascular constriction"; "a vascular
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Related Words
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