n. The tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, such as the principal cells of ordinary wood.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A general term applied to the tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities, as the principal cells of ordinary wood.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In botany, the fibrovascular system or tissue of plants; the cells and modified cells which constitute the framework of plants, as distinguished from parenchyma, or the cells which constitute the soft tissues of plants. See parenchyma.
Word Usage
"The fibrovascular bundles also contain soft-walled prosenchyma cells."