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phloem

/ˈfləʊ.əm/US/ˈfloʊ.əm/

phloem noun: a vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.

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.

phloem meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Tagalog and Malay

phloem in Tamil

ஃபுளோயம், உரியம், சல்லடைக் குழாய்த் திசு, சாற்றுக்குழல் திசு, உணவு கடத்தி, சல்லடைக்குழாய் திசு

phloem in Telugu

vascular tissue
పోషక కణజాలము pōṣaka kaṇajālamu

phloem in Tagalog

vascular tissue
paniyandaluyan

phloem in Malay

vascular tissue
floem
More languagesFewer languages
phloem in Persian
آوند آبکش âvand-e âbkeš
phloem in Thai
โฟลเอ็ม floo-êm

Forms of phloem

pluralphloems
alternative formphlœm
alternative formphloëm
alternative formphlöem

Origin of phloem

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).

Words formed from phloem

Words that rhyme with phloem

Questions about phloem

What does phloem mean?
Phloem means a vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.
What is phloem in Tamil?
Phloem in Tamil is ஃபுளோயம், உரியம், சல்லடைக் குழாய்த் திசு. See Phloem meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is phloem?
Phloem is a noun.
How do you pronounce phloem?
Phloem is pronounced /ˈfləʊ.əm/ (UK).
What is the plural of phloem?
The plural of phloem is phloems.

Words near phloem in the dictionary

  1. phlobaphene
  2. phlobaphenes
  3. phlobaphens
  4. phlobatannin
  5. phlobatannins
  6. phloem
  7. phloematic
  8. phloemic
  9. phloemlike
  10. phloems
  11. phloeophagous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phloem (page history and authors); phloem (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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