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noun
Any plant possessing vascular tissue (xylem and phloem), including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vascular plant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plant, flora, plant life
Narrower terms: pteridophyte, nonflowering plant, spermatophyte, phanerogam, seed plant, herb, herbaceous plant, halophyte, succulent, cultivar, cultivated plant, weed, evergreen, evergreen plant, deciduous plant, vine, creeper, woody plant, ligneous plant, geophyte, desert plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant, mesophyte, mesophytic plant, aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, tuberous plant, bulbous plant, cormous plant, psilophyte, psilophyton
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dhreh2gh- Proto-Indo-European *dhréh2gh-us Proto-Hellenic *thrākhús Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîă)bor. Late Latin trāchīa Medieval Latin trāchēader. Middle English English trachea English -phyte English tracheophyte From trachea (“xylem vessel”) + -phyte (“plant”).
