vascular ray
vascular ray
nounDefinition of VASCULAR RAY
: a band of usually parenchymatous cells partly in the xylem and partly in the phloem of a plant root or stem that conducts fluids radially and appears in a cross section like a spoke of a wheel
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circa 1673
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