fibrovascular

[ fahy-broh-vas-kyuh-ler ]
/ ˌfaɪ broʊˈvæs kyə lər /

adjective Botany.

composed of fibrous and conductive tissue, as in the vascular systems of higher plants: a fibrovascular bundle.

Origin of fibrovascular

First recorded in 1835–45; fibro- + vascular

Words nearby fibrovascular

fibrous joint, fibrous membrane, fibrous root, fibrous tissue, fibrous tubercle, fibrovascular, fibrovascular bundle, fibula, fibular artery, fibular nerve, fibular vein

Example sentences from the Web for fibrovascular

  • Collections of such tubes and supporting woody cells together make up what are known as fibrovascular bundles.

    A Civic Biology |George William Hunter

British Dictionary definitions for fibrovascular

fibrovascular
/ (ˌfaɪbrəʊˈvæskjʊlə) /

adjective

botany (of a vascular bundle) surrounded by sclerenchyma or within sclerenchymatous tissue

Scientific definitions for fibrovascular

fibrovascular
[ fī′brō-văs′kyə-lər ]

Having fibrous tissue and vascular tissue, as in the woody tissue of plants. The veins of leaves are made of fibrovascular tissue.