vascular strand

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vascular strand - a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloemfibrovascular bundle, vascular bundlevascular tissue - tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plantsnervure, vein - any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ