phlœm

A form of phloem — A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.

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Meanings

nounphlœm (plural phlœms)

plural phlœms

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of phloem.

    Within this is a ring of bast fibres, then true phlœm, cambium, xylem with many confused and insignificant medullary rays, and an unbroken pith.

    1899, Henry S. Conard, Transactions and Proceedings, volume I, page 209
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