phloem

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈfləʊ.əm/
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/ˈfləʊ.əm/ · /ˈfloʊ.əm/

Definition of phloem

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.

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Etymology

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).

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