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phloem

[floh-em]

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

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Phloem tissue is responsible for translocating nutrients and sugars.

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phloem (ˈfləʊɛm)

—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 (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 cambium , photosynthesis. Compare xylem.

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phloem [(floh-em)]

The system of vessels in a plant that carries food from the leaves to the rest of the plant. (See xylem.)

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