Definition of vascular
- a. - Consisting of, or containing, vessels as an essential
part of a structure; full of vessels; specifically (Bot.), pertaining
to, or containing, special ducts, or tubes, for the circulation of sap.
- a. - Operating by means of, or made up of an arrangement of,
vessels; as, the vascular system in animals, including the arteries,
veins, capillaries, lacteals, etc.
- a. - Of or pertaining to the vessels of animal and vegetable
bodies; as, the vascular functions.
- a. - Of or pertaining to the higher division of plants, that
is, the phaenogamous plants, all of which are vascular, in distinction
from the cryptogams, which to a large extent are cellular only.