: a complex tissue in the vascular system of higher plants that consists mainly of sieve tubes and elongated parenchyma cells usually with fibers and that functions in translocation and in support and storage compare xylem
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The remnants of the xylem and phloem — tubules that transport water, sugars and nutrients throughout living leaves — somehow become a root.
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Douglas Main, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
The xylem helps to transport water, while the phloem helps move nutrients and sugars.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2022
Just inside the bark is a tissue called phloem.
—Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 18 June 2021
Just as blood-sucking insects like mosquitoes can pick up malarial parasites or dengue viruses by biting infected humans, sap-sucking insects can pick up microbes by piercing the same infected phloem.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 22 Nov. 2011
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Douglas Main, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
The xylem helps to transport water, while the phloem helps move nutrients and sugars.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2022
Just inside the bark is a tissue called phloem.
—Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 18 June 2021
Just as blood-sucking insects like mosquitoes can pick up malarial parasites or dengue viruses by biting infected humans, sap-sucking insects can pick up microbes by piercing the same infected phloem.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 22 Nov. 2011
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“Phloem.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phloem. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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