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Definition of phloem - 3 dictionary results

phlo⋅em

  [floh-em]
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–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:
< G (1858), irreg. < Gk phló(os) bark (var. of phloiós) + -ēma deverbal n. ending
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phlo·em   (flō'ěm')   
n.  The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids. Also called bast.

[German, from Greek phloios, bark; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.]
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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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