vascular ray

vascular ray

n (Botany) another name for medullary ray

med′ullary ray′

n. a vertical band or plate of unspecialized tissue that radiates between the pith and the bark in the stems of woody plants. [1820–30]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.vascular ray - a sheet of vascular tissue separating the vascular bundlesmedullary rayvascular tissue - tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants