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vascular plant

vas·cu·lar plant (plural vas·cu·lar plants)


noun 
Definition:
 
plant with specialized sap-conducting tissues: any plant that possesses specialized sap-conducting tissues, particularly phloem and xylem. Vascular plants include all flowering plants and conifers, as well as ferns, club mosses, and horsetails, but not mosses and liverworts.

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