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PLANT TISSUE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The tissue of a plant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("plant tissue" is a kind of...):
plant part; plant structure (any part of a plant or fungus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plant tissue"):
interstitial tissue (tissue between the cells of a structure or part in plant or animal)
fibrous tissue (tissue consisting of or containing fibers in both animals and plants)
cortex (the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal)
medulla (the inner part of an organ or structure in plant or animal)
perisperm (the nutritive tissue outside the sac containing the embryo in some seeds)
stroma (the dense colorless framework of a chloroplast)
stroma (a mass of fungal tissue that has spore-bearing structures embedded in it or on it)
flesh; pulp (a soft moist part of a fruit)
pith (soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants)
parenchyma (the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems)
lignum (woody tissue)
vascular tissue (tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants)
pseudophloem (false phloem)
gall (abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury)
meristem (undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root)
