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もつ植しょく物ぶつの大おおきなグループだ。

  Vascular plants are a large group of plants that have vascular bundles.