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phloem definition

phloem (flō′em′)

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

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

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It is a vessel that transports sugars from the leaves where they are manufactured to every cell of the plant

Posted by Nisbert MacSpear 63 days ago.

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