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Fibrovascular

Fibrovascular \Fi`bro*vas"cu*lar\, a. [L. fibra a fiber + E. vascular.] (Bot.) Containing woody fiber and ducts, as the stems of all flowering plants and ferns; -- opposed to cellular.

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fibrovascular

a. Having both fibrous and vascular tissue

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Usage examples of "fibrovascular".

It was further shown that the motor impulse and other forces or influences, proceeding from the glands when excited, pass through the cellular tissue, and not along the fibrovascular bundles.

Most physiologists believe that in irritable plants the excitement is transmitted along, or in close connection with, the fibrovascular bundles.