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
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.
Vascular plants are a large group of plants that have vascular bundles.
vascular bundle; fibrovascular bundle
Compound of 管 (かん, 'pipe, tube') and 束 (そく, 'bundle'), directly describing the bundled tubular structure of vascular tissue in plants.