管かん束そく

noun

vascular bundle

Botanical term for the strand of conducting tissue in plants, consisting of xylem and phloem. Often encountered in the compound 維管束 (いかんそく).

See also: 維管束

• 茎くきの断だん面めんを顕けん微び鏡きょうで見みると、管かん束そくが環かん状じょうに並ならんでいるのがわかる。

  When you look at a cross-section of the stem under a microscope, you can see that the vascular bundles are arranged in a ring.

• 維い管かん束そく植しょく物ぶつは管かん束そくを持