Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekφλόος“husk, bark”
- GermanPhloëm
- Englishphloem
First attested in 1872. From German Phloëm, coined by Swiss botanist Carl Nägeli in 1858 from Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “husk, bark”) + a Greek-sounding ending -em (cf. System).
More words from German, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian флоем, лико
- флоем (floem)vascular tissue
- лико (liko)vascular tissue
Catalan floema
- floemavascular tissue
Chinese Mandarin 韌皮部 /韧皮部
- 韌皮部 /韧皮部 (rènpíbù)vascular tissue
Czech lýko
- lýkovascular tissue
Dutch floëem
- floëemvascular tissue
Esperanto floemo
- floemovascular tissue
Finnish nila
- nilavascular tissue
French phloème
- phloèmevascular tissue
German Phloem
- Phloemvascular tissue
Hungarian háncsrész
- háncsrészvascular tissue
Italian floema
- floemavascular tissue
Japanese 師部
- 師部 (shibu)vascular tissue
Malay floem
- floemvascular tissue
Māori tarikai
- tarikaivascular tissue
Persian آوند آبکش
- آوند آبکش (âvand-e âbkeš)vascular tissue
Polish łyko, floem
- łykovascular tissue
- floemvascular tissue
Portuguese floema
- floemavascular tissue
Russian флоэ́ма, луб
- флоэ́ма (floéma)vascular tissue
- луб (lub)vascular tissue
- лы́ко (lýko)vascular tissue
Spanish floema
- floemavascular tissue
Tagalog paniyandaluyan
- paniyandaluyanvascular tissue
Thai โฟลเอ็ม
- โฟลเอ็ม (floo-êm)vascular tissue
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with phloem
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phloem. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phloem
“phloem.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phloem. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phloem,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phloem.
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