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Webster 1913 Edition

Phloem

Phlo′ëm

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] bark.]

(Bot.)

That portion of fibrovascular bundles which corresponds to the inner bark; the liber tissue; – distinguished from

xylem

Definition 2024

Phloem

See also: phloem, phloëm, phlöem, Phloëm, Phlöem, and phlœm

German

Alternative forms

Phloëm, Phlöem (obsolete)

Noun

Phloem n ‎(genitive Phloems, plural Phloeme)

(biology) phloem

Declension

Declension of Phloem

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Phloem	die	Phloeme
genitive	eines	des	Phloems	der	Phloeme
dative	einem	dem	Phloem	den	Phloemen
accusative	ein	das	Phloem	die	Phloeme

Antonyms

Xylem

phloem

See also: Phloem, phloëm, phlöem, Phloëm, Phlöem, and phlœm

English

Alternative forms

phlœm, phloëm, phlöem (obsolete)

Noun

phloem ‎(plural phloems)

(botany) A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.

Translations

vascular tissue

Catalan: floema m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 韌皮部 (zh), 韧皮部 (zh) ‎(rènpíbù)
Czech: lýko (cs) n
Dutch: floëem (nl) n
Esperanto: floemo
Finnish: nila (fi)
French: phloème (fr) m
Georgian: ლაფანი ‎(lapani)
German: Phloem (de) n

Hungarian: háncsrész
Italian: floema (it) m
Japanese: 師部 ‎(しぶ, shibu)
Maori: tarikai
Polish: łyko n
Portuguese: floema (pt) m
Russian: флоэ́ма (ru) f ‎(floéma), луб (ru) m ‎(lub), лы́ко (ru) n ‎(lýko)
Spanish: floema m
Tagalog: paniyandaluyan
Telugu: పోషక కణజాలము ‎(pōṣaka kaṇajālamu)
Thai: โฟลเอ็ม ‎(floo-êm)

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Webster 1913 Edition

Phloem

Phlo′ëm

Definition 2024

Phloem

Phloem

German

Alternative forms

Noun

Declension

Antonyms

phloem

phloem

English

Alternative forms

Noun

Translations

See also

Etymology

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