phloem

Phloem is the tissue in plants that transport food to the parts of the plant where it needs to go.

(noun)

An example of the phloem is the tissue in plants that distributes the sugar that plants eat.

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See phloem in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the vascular tissue in vascular plants, that conducts and distributes sugars and other dissolved foods from the places where the food is produced to the places where it is needed or stored

Origin: Ger < Gr phloos, bark, akin to phloiein, to swell: for IE base see phlebo-

See phloem in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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

Origin:

Origin: German

Origin: , from Greek phloios, bark; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots

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