PHLOEM

[phlo.em] n [G, fr. Gk phloios, phloos bark; perh. akin to Gk phlein to teem, abound, phlyein, phlyzein to boil over--more at fluid] (1875): a complex tissue in the vascular system of higher plants that consists mainly of sieve tubes and elongated parenchyma cells usu. with fibers and that functions in translocation and in support and storage--compare xylem