NOUN
- a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem
How To Use vascular strand In A Sentence
- Vascular tissue formation follows the flow of auxin, which is canalized into files of cells so that connected vascular strands form.
- In the ripe capsule a vascular strand lies almost free between the mesocarp and the endocarp, its two halves passing through the endocarp immediately opposite the funicles of the seeds.
- Secondary manoxylic wood is produced by a bifacial vascular cambium and surrounds each vascular strand.