phloem
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ɛm noun
the part of a vascular bundle consisting of sieve tubes, companion cells, parenchyma, and fibers and forming the food-conducting tissue of a plant.
Origin:
< German (1858), irregular < Greek phló(os) bark (variant of phloiós) + -ēma deverbal noun ending
< German (1858), irregular < Greek phló(os) bark (variant of phloiós) + -ēma deverbal noun ending
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| —n | |
| tissue in higher plants that conducts synthesized food substances to all parts of the plant | |
| [C19: via German from Greek phloos bark] | |
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Phloem
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Science Dictionary
| phloem (flō'ěm') Pronunciation Key
A tissue in vascular plants that conducts food from the leaves and other photosynthetic tissues to other plant parts. Phloem consists of several different kinds of cells: sieve elements, parenchyma cells, sclereids, and fibers. In mature woody plants it forms a sheathlike layer of tissue in the stem, just inside the bark. See more at cambiumphotosynthesis.">, photosynthesis. Compare xylem. |
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Example sentences from the web
Bark the outer layers of woody plants cork, phloem, and vascular cambium.
Vascular tissue the primary components of vascular tissue are the xylem and phloem.
The important complex tissues in vascular plants are xylem, phloem.
A vascular cambium forms in the stele to produce secondary phloem and secondary xylem.
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