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phlœm

phlœm is the obsolete form of phloem.

Meaning of phloem

Noun

phloem (countable and uncountable, plural phloems)

  1. A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.

Forms of phlœm

pluralphlœms

Questions about phlœm

What is phlœm the obsolete form of?
Phlœm is the obsolete form of phloem.

Words near phlœm in the dictionary

  1. phlyctis
  2. phlyctæna
  3. phlyzacia
  4. phlyzacium
  5. phlöem
  6. phlœm
  7. phlœms
  8. Phm
  9. PHMC
  10. pHmetry
  11. PHN

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phlœm (page history and authors); phloem (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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