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phloems

phloems is the plural 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.

Questions about phloems

What is phloems the plural of?
Phloems is the plural of phloem.

Words near phloems in the dictionary

  1. phlobatannins
  2. phloem
  3. phloematic
  4. phloemic
  5. phloemlike
  6. phloems
  7. phloeophagous
  8. phloeophagy
  9. phloeoterma
  10. phloephagous
  11. phlog

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