[f. VASCUL-AR a. + -OSE2.] The principal constituent of the vascular tissue in plants.
1883. Science, I. 80/1. Vasculose is not easily soluble in concentrated sulphuric acid.
1885. Goodale, Physiol. Bot. (1892), 35, note. Vasculose increases in amount with the density of the wood. The pith contains … vasculose 25 per cent.
