vascular system. The system of plant tissues that conducts water, mineral nutrients, and products of photosynthesis through the plant, consisting of the xylem and phloem.
The vascular system of the plant that transports water through the plant.
xylem
The vascular system of a tree. This layer and the cells in this layer transport water and nutrients to the different parts of the tree.
Roses and other plants use these elements as they are broken down into forms that the roots can take into the plants' vascular systems to promote photosynthesis.
Products, like Round Up, Weed Gone are systemic, meaning they pass through the plants vascular system and get down into the roots, to kill the whole plant. Even then, some hardy weeds will take multiple applications to be thoroughly eradicated.
Flowers such as euphorbia, lobelia, poinsettia, and snow-on-the-mountain secrete latex sap that oozes into the water and clogs the vascular system of other flowers in the container, preventing them from absorbing water.
Upon finding a host, it sinks its fangs (known as haustoria) into the vascular system of its victim and drinks its water and nutrients. Dodder then grows and reattaches until it covers all nearby host plants in a tangled mat of orange stems.
Once inside the fungus colonizes and plugs the vascular system resulting in leaf wilting and in some cases branch or tree mortality. In some, but not all trees a green to black streaking of the vascular system develops.
Yellow/orange vegetables and fruit help support a wholesome vision, cardiovascular system, and immune system.
Soil
These are typically thirsty crops and require repeated, frequent water, particularly when the baby plants are little.
Clove oil and vinegar translocate -- or travel through a plant's vascular system -- all the way to the roots. Two applications spaced two to three days should kill a morning glory vine.
XYLEM: The part of the vascular system that moves water and minerals through the plant.
leaf trace -- The strand of vascular tissue which connects the leaf veins to the central vascular system of the stem.
leaflet -- In a compound leaf, the individual blades are called leaflets.
Foliage can also be the conduit for transferring baceteria and herbicides into a plant's vascular system.
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Systemic-Capable of moving throughout a plant or other organism, usually in the vascular system.
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Poor pruning - leaving cuts which are flush or ripped - opens the vascular system to invasive pathogens and allows the processes of disease and decay to overcome the tree's natural protection system.
They used them to create diuretics, expectorants and analgesics. People even thought liatris balms, powders, teas and tonics would stimulate the vascular system, ease backaches and cure sore throats.
Vitamins A and C, both antioxidants, keep your cardiovascular system healthy, thereby reducing the risk of strokes and heart attacks.
belief, there's no bucket of moisture found inside a cactus. The old adage of finding 'a barrel' in the desert and drinking from it is pure bunk. Water is, however, held cell by cell inside the plant, between the skin and the main vascular system.
(LL. trachia, windpipe; and Gr. phyton, plant) a division of plants comprising green plants with a vascular system that contains tracheids or tracheary elements, being the Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta, commonly called vascular plants.
 See also: Vascular, Plant, Nutrient, Light, Water
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