bundle sheath
noun Botany.
a layer of cells in plant leaves and stems that surrounds a vascular bundle.
Words nearby bundle sheath
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Example sentences from the Web for bundle sheath
On account of this bundle-sheath the bundles are called fibro-vascular bundles.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses |Rai Bahadur K. Ranga AchariyarIn the vascular bundles of the ground tissue the bundle-sheath is rather prominent and the phloëm portion is well developed.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses |Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
Scientific definitions for bundle sheath
bundle sheath
A layer or region of compactly arranged cells surrounding a vascular bundle in a plant. The bundle sheaths regulate the movement of substances between the vascular tissue and the parenchyma and, in leaves, protect the vascular tissue from exposure to air.