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vascular plant

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

One of the Tracheophyta, 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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tracheophyte

Antonyms: non-vascular plant, thallus

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noun

Meaning 2

green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tracheophyte

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

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 維管束植物 /维管束植物 (wéiguǎnshù zhíwù) — plant possessing vascular tissue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 維管植物 /维管植物 (wéiguǎn zhíwù) — plant possessing vascular tissue
  • Estonian: soontaim — plant possessing vascular tissue
  • Finnish: putkilokasvi — plant possessing vascular tissue
  • French: plante vasculaire — plant possessing vascular tissue
  • Irish: planda soithíoch — plant possessing vascular tissue
  • Japanese: 維管束植物 (ikansokushokubutsu) — plant possessing vascular tissue
  • Kazakh: түтікті өсімдік (tütıktı ösımdık) — plant possessing vascular tissue
  • Korean: 관다발식물(管다발植物)) (gwandabalsingmul) — plant possessing vascular tissue
  • Polish: roślina naczyniowa — plant possessing vascular tissue
  • Romanian: plantă vasculară — plant possessing vascular tissue
  • Russian: сосу́дистое расте́ние (sosúdistoje rasténije) — plant possessing vascular tissue
  • Spanish: planta vascular — plant possessing vascular tissue
  • Swedish: kärlväxt — plant possessing vascular tissue
  • Tagalog: dahunan — plant possessing vascular tissue
  • Vietnamese: thực vật có mạch — plant possessing vascular tissue
  • Vietnamese: thực vật bậc cao — plant possessing vascular tissue
  • Welsh: planhigyn fasgwlaidd — plant possessing vascular tissue