PHLOEM


Meaning of PHLOEM in English

/floh"em/ , n.

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

[ phló ( os ) bark (var. of PHLOIÓS) + -ema deverbal n. ending ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .