phloem

phlo·em  (flm)

n.

The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids. Also called bast.

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

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phloem [flow-em]

Noun

Bot the plant tissue that acts as a path for the distribution of food substances to all parts of the plant [Greek phloos bark]

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phloem  (flm)

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 Compare xylem.

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phloem - (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes bast phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants 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