vascular plant

noun

One of the Tracheophyta, any plant possessing vascular tissue (xylem and phloem), including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants.

Meanings

nounvascular plant (plural vascular plants)

plural vascular plants

  1. biologyOne of the Tracheophyta, any plant possessing vascular tissue (xylem and phloem), including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants.

    Synonyms: tracheophyte · Antonyms: non-vascular plant, thallus

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne of the Tracheophyta, any plant possessing vascular tissue (xylem and phloem), including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants.

More synonyms by meaning

noungreen plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms

Broader
plantfloraplant life
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 維管束植物 /维管束植物, 維管植物 /维管植物
  • 維管束植物 /维管束植物 (wéiguǎnshù zhíwù)plant possessing vascular tissue
  • 維管植物 /维管植物 (wéiguǎn zhíwù)plant possessing vascular tissue
Estonian soontaim
  • soontaimplant possessing vascular tissue
Finnish putkilokasvi
  • putkilokasviplant possessing vascular tissue
French plante vasculaire
  • plante vasculaireplant possessing vascular tissue
Irish planda soithíoch
  • planda soithíochplant possessing vascular tissue
Japanese 維管束植物
  • 維管束植物 (ikansokushokubutsu)plant possessing vascular tissue
Korean 관다발식물(管다발植物))
  • 관다발식물(管다발植物)) (gwandabalsingmul)plant possessing vascular tissue
Polish roślina naczyniowa
  • roślina naczyniowaplant possessing vascular tissue
Romanian plantă vasculară
  • plantă vascularăplant possessing vascular tissue
Russian сосу́дистое расте́ние
  • сосу́дистое расте́ние (sosúdistoje rasténije)plant possessing vascular tissue
Spanish planta vascular
  • planta vascularplant possessing vascular tissue
Swedish kärlväxt
  • kärlväxtplant possessing vascular tissue
Tagalog dahunan
  • dahunanplant possessing vascular tissue
Vietnamese thực vật có mạch, thực vật bậc cao
  • thực vật có mạchplant possessing vascular tissue
  • thực vật bậc caoplant possessing vascular tissue
Welsh planhigyn fasgwlaidd
  • planhigyn fasgwlaiddplant possessing vascular tissue
Cite this entry
APA

vascular plant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vascular%20plant

MLA

“vascular plant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vascular%20plant. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vascular plant,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vascular%20plant.

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