vascular system
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1. the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant (noun.body)
hypernym | : | system, |
definition | : | a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | water vascular system, |
definition | : | system of fluid-filled tubes used by echinoderms in locomotion and feeding and respiration (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | portal system, |
definition | : | system of veins that carry blood from the abdominal organs to the liver (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | lymphatic system, systema lymphaticum, |
definition | : | the interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body (noun.body) |
part holonym | : | vas, vessel, |
definition | : | a tube in which a body fluid circulates (noun.body) |
part holonym | : | vascular tissue, |
definition | : | tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants (noun.plant) |
part meronym | : | tracheophyte, vascular plant, |
definition | : | green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms (noun.plant) |
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