adj. Of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels;
a. (Anat.)
a. [ L. fibra a fiber + E. vascular. ] (Bot.) Containing woody fiber and ducts, as the stems of all flowering plants and ferns; -- opposed to cellular. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gastro- + -vascular. ] (Zool.) Having the structure, or performing the functions, both of digestive and circulatory organs;
a. (Anat.) Destitute of vessels; extravascular. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Around the blood vessels;
a. [ L. vasculum a small vessel, dim. of vas vessel: cf. F. vasculaire. See Vase, and cf. Vessel. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Vascular plants (Bot.),
Vascular system (Bot.),
Vascular tissue (Bot.),
Water vascular system (Zool.),
n.;
n. (Physiol.) The process of becoming vascular, or the condition of being vascular; as, the