plant tissue

/plænt ˌtɪʃu/

Other forms: plant tissues

Definitions of plant tissue

1. noun

   the tissue of a plant
   types:

   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 plants or animals

   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

   trabecula

   rod-shaped structures of fibrous tissue that divide an organ into parts (as in the penis) or stabilize the structure of an organ (as in the spleen)

   glia, neuroglia

   sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system

   adrenal cortex

   the cortex of the adrenal gland; secretes corticosterone and sex hormones

   renal cortex

   the cortex of the kidney containing the glomeruli and the convoluted tubules

   adrenal medulla

   the medulla of the adrenal gland; secretes epinephrine

   chlorenchyma

   parenchyma whose cells contain chloroplasts

   stele

   the usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant

   cambium

   a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth

   fibrovascular bundle, vascular bundle, vascular strand

   a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem

   medullary ray, vascular ray

   a sheet of vascular tissue separating the vascular bundles

   xylem

   the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels

   tracheid

   long tubular cell peculiar to xylem

   bast, phloem

   (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes

   sieve tube

   tube formed by cells joined end-to-end through which nutrients flow in flowering plants and brown algae

   oak apple

   oak gall caused by larvae of a cynipid wasp

   type of:

   plant part, plant structure

   any part of a plant or fungus