phloem

[floh-em] /ˈfloʊ ɛm/

noun

the part of a vascular bundle consisting of sieve tubes, companion cells, parenchyma, and fibers and forming the food-conducting tissue of a plant.

Origin

< German (1858), irregular < Greek phló(os) bark (variant of phloiós) + -ēma deverbal noun ending

Examples from the web for phloem

Bark the outer layers of woody plants cork, phloem, and vascular cambium.
Vascular tissue the primary components of vascular tissue are the xylem and phloem.
The important complex tissues in vascular plants are xylem, phloem.
A vascular cambium forms in the stele to produce secondary phloem and secondary xylem.

British Dictionary definitions for phloem

phloem

/ˈfləʊɛm/

noun

tissue in higher plants that conducts synthesized food substances to all parts of the plant

Word Origin

C19: via German from Greek phloos bark

Word Origin and History for phloem

1870, from German phloëm (1858), coined by German botanist Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli (1817-1891) from Greek phloos, phloios "bark of trees," of uncertain origin, + passive suffix -ema.

phloem in Science

phloem

(flō'ěm')
A tissue in vascular plants that conducts food from the leaves and other photosynthetic tissues to other plant parts. Phloem consists of several different kinds of cells: sieve elements, parenchyma cells, sclereids, and fibers. In mature woody plants it forms a sheathlike layer of tissue in the stem, just inside the bark. See more at cambium, photosynthesis. Compare xylem.

phloem in Culture

phloem [(floh-em)]

The system of vessels in a plant that carries food from the leaves to the rest of the plant. (See xylem.)