Dictionary

phloem en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfloʊ.əm/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈfləʊ.əm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American)
• (Received-Pronunciation)
• flōʹəm (General-American)

Etymology

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).

Meanings

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

Forms

Coordinates

xylem

Deriveds

phloeophagous · leptophloem · periphloem · epiphloeum · phloemic · phloemlike · metaphloem · phloematic · citrus vein phloem degeneration · protophloem

Translations (28)

pl floem (vascular tissue) · it floema (vascular tissue) · fi nila (vascular tissue) · bg флоем (vascular tissue) · hu háncsrész (vascular tissue) · ru луб (vascular tissue) · mi tarikai (vascular tissue) · bg лико (vascular tissue) · ca floema (vascular tissue) · fa آوند آبکش (vascular tissue) · de Phloem (vascular tissue) · ka ლაფანი (vascular tissue) · cmn 韌皮部 /韧皮部 (vascular tissue) · pl łyko (vascular tissue) · ja 師部 (vascular tissue) · ms floem (vascular tissue) · fr phloème (vascular tissue) · nl floëem (vascular tissue) · cs lýko (vascular tissue) · te పోషక కణజాలము (vascular tissue) · eo floemo (vascular tissue) · ru лы́ко (vascular tissue) · oc floèma (vascular tissue) · tl paniyandaluyan (vascular tissue) · th โฟลเอ็ม (vascular tissue) · ru флоэ́ма (vascular tissue) · es floema (vascular tissue) · pt floema (vascular tissue)