Definition for VAS'CU-LAR

VAS'CU-LAR, a. [L. vasculum, a vessel, from vas, id.]

  1. Pertaining to the vessels of animal or vegetable bodies; as, the vascular functions.
  2. Full of vessels; consisting of animal or vegetable vessels, as arteries, veins, lacteals and the like; as, the vascular system. Animal flesh is all vascular, none of it parenchymous . – Cyc.

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