English language

How to pronounce phloem in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms bast
Type of vascular tissue

Examples of phloem

phloem
Xylem and phloem tissues are involved in the conduction processes within plants.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Fe is unloaded from the phloem by OsYSL2 and OsIRT1 into shoot and seed tissue.
From the nature.com
They support the conductive cells of the phloem and provide strength to the stem.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Many fern stems have phloem tissue on both sides of the xylem in cross-section.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This tissue divides off cells that will be become additional xylem and phloem.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It is essential that all the phloem tissue is removed, so press fairly hard.
From the sacbee.com
Primary phloem is laid down by the apical meristem and develops from the procambium.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It prefers feeding on bark, particularly the secondary phloem, rather than the wood.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Phloem transports food and materials in plants in upwards and downwards as required.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes
  • In vascular plants, phloem is the living tissue that carries organic nutrients (known as photosynthate), particularly sucrose, a sugar, to all parts of the plant where needed. In trees, the phloem is the innermost layer of the bark, hence the name, derived from the Greek word (phloos) "bark". ...
  • A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot
  • The inner part of a tree's bark that delivers water and other nutrients.
  • The living tissue in plants that carries nutrients for the plant to survive, the place where the pine beetle feed and lay eggs which kills the trees.
  • Tissue in the vascular system of plants that moves dissolved sugars and other products of photosynthesis from the leaves to other regions of the plant. Phloem tissue consists of cells called sieve tubes and companion cells. ...
  • The part of a tree that carries sap from the leaves to the rest of the tree. Also called inner bark.
  • The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants.
  • A layer of tree tissue just inside the bark that conducts food from the leaves to the stem and roots.