fibrovascular

fibrovascular
/fuy'broh vas"kyeuh leuhr/, adj. Bot.
composed of fibrous and conductive tissue, as in the vascular systems of higher plants: a fibrovascular bundle.
[1835-45; FIBRO- + VASCULAR]

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