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Meaning of 'vascular' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Vascular [ a.]
- 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.
- 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.
- Of or pertaining to the vessels of animal and vegetable bodies; as, the vascular functions.
- 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.

Meaning of 'vascular' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . vascular [ a]
Meaning (1):
- of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids
Example in sentence:
  • a vascular bundle;
  • vascular constriction

Nearby Words:

vas vasa vasa deferentia vascula vascularities vascularity vasculose vasculum vase vase-shaped

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