維管束

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 維管束 is read as いかんそく and is the botanical noun for a vascular bundle observed in a plant stem.
• Basic usage: Cutting a stem and observing the bundles appears in 茎を切って維管束を観察する, while comparing their arrangement appears in 維管束の並び方を比べる.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Object and arrangement
  • Use 維管束を観察する when observing the bundles themselves and 維管束の並び方 for the way they are arranged.