ground tissue

1. The tissue of a plant other than the epidermis, periderm, and vascular tissues, consisting primarily of parenchyma , and (in lesser amounts) of collenchyma and sclerenchyma . Cortex and pith are subtypes of ground tissue.

Example Sentences

A third series is disposed around a fairly large amount of ground tissue, which may or may not have a cavity in the centre.

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The cells of the ground tissue lying just inside the vascular bundles are all very much thickened.

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There is a series of vascular bundles inside the ring which surrounds a large area of the ground tissue.

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Two rows of vascular bundles surround a fairly large amount of parenchymatous cells of the ground tissue.

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In the vascular bundles of the ground tissue the bundle-sheath is rather prominent and the phloëm portion is well developed.

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