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phlo·em
(flō′ĕm′)n.
The tissue of vascular plants that conducts food produced by photosynthesis to all parts of the plant and consists of sieve elements, fibers, and parenchyma.
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phloem
(ˈfləʊɛm)n
(Botany) 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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phlo•em
(ˈfloʊ ɛm)n.
the part of a vascular bundle consisting of sieve tubes, companion cells, parenchyma, and fibers and forming the food-conducting tissue of a plant.
[< German (1858), irreg. < Greek phló(os) bark (variant of phloiós) + -ēma deverbal n. ending]
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phlo·em
(flō′ĕm′) A tissue in vascular plants that conducts food from the leaves to the other plant parts. Phloem consists primarily of tube-like cells that have porous openings. In mature woody plants it forms a sheath-like layer of tissue in the stem, just inside the bark. See more at cambium, photosynthesis. Compare xylem.
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phloem
Tissue that carries food in plants.
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Noun | 1. | phloem - (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes vascular tissue - tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants sieve tube - tube formed by cells joined end-to-end through which nutrients flow in flowering plants and brown algae |
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