vascular plant
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- noun
- /ˈvæskjələr plænt/
- Specialized
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planta vascular
- Ferns and lilies are examples of vascular plants that have complex systems for transporting nutrients and water.
- vascular plant species
- vascular plant richness
- number of vascular plants
Examples
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There are two kinds of vascular plants.
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There are no vascular plants or vertebrates, and no established insects; microbes dominate the life forms in the area.
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Then later, about 1.5 million years ago, vascular plants developed.
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For example, one student participant read the following paragraph: "Vascular plants move food and water through the plant."
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For example, because there are no vascular plants in the region, there is no leaf litter input to the streams.
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Human disturbance, typically some form of recreational activity, is the greatest cause of habitat loss for vascular plants, affecting 42% of species.
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In addition, most vascular plants could not grow without the symbiotic fungi that inhabit their roots and supply essential nutrients.
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Only one large group of vascular plants, the gymnosperms (conebearing plants), is not represented among the epiphytes.
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Vascular plants (macrophytes) begin to colonize lakes during the first half-century of lake development.
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A log-log plot of the numbers of vascular plant species for megadiverse countries shows that Brazil's vascular plant diversity is exceptional, even when its greater area is taken into account. The data were log transformed to permit a meaningful comparison of diversity.
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Synonyms
A plant that has tubes to move water and food inside it, like ferns and trees
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a plant with a specialized conducting system' is directly and compositionally derived from 'vascular' (involving vessels that transport blood or sap) modifying 'plant' (a photosynthetic organism). This follows a regular adjective + noun pattern familiar in many languages and in basic biology, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Vascular plant gets its name from vascular, which refers to the tiny tubes inside a plant that work like pipes. These tubes carry water and food around the plant, so the term means 'a plant that can move water and food inside itself'.