phloem (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *phloem*:
NOUN	plant	phloem, bast	(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed

English > *phloem*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes.
Synonym	bast
Category	botany, phytology	The branch of biology that studies plants
Parts	sieve tube	tube formed by cells joined end-to-end through which nutrients flow in flowering plants and brown algae
Broader	vascular tissue	tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants
Spanish	floema
Catalan	floema

HyperDic: phloem