tissue in higher plants that conducts synthesized food substances to all parts of the plant
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phlo•em
(flō′em),USA pronunciation n.
- Botanythe part of a vascular bundle consisting of sieve tubes, companion cells, parenchyma, and fibers and forming the food-conducting tissue of a plant.
- Greek phló(os) bark (variant of phloiós) + -ēma deverbal noun, nominal ending
- German (1858), irregularly
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'phloem' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bast
- bicollateral
- cambium
- companion cell
- eustele
- hypophloeodal
- leaf roll
- liber
- phellem
- phloem necrosis
- phloem ray
- primary phloem
- protophloem
- protostele
- secondary phloem
- sieve tube
- stele
- vascular bundle
- vascular ray
- vascular tissue
- xylem