phloem

See also: Phloem, phloëm, phlöem, Phloëm, Phlöem, and phlœm

English

Alternative forms

phlœm, phloëm, phlöem (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in 1872. From German Phlöem, from Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “husk, bark”), from φλέω (phléō, “I abound”)

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfləʊ.əm/, /ˈfləʊ.ɛm/
(General American) enPR: flōʹəm, IPA^(key): /ˈfloʊ.əm/, /ˈfloʊ.ɛm/
Rhymes: -əʊəm, -əʊɛm

Noun

phloem (plural phloems)

(botany) A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot

Derived terms

Translations

vascular tissue

Catalan: floema m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 韌皮部 (zh), 韧皮部 (zh) (rènpíbù)
Czech: lýko (cs) n
Dutch: floëem (nl) n
Esperanto: floemo
Finnish: nila (fi)
French: phloème (fr) m
Georgian: ლაფანი (lapani)
German: Phloem (de) n
Hungarian: háncsrész

Italian: floema (it) m
Japanese: 師部 (しぶ, shibu)
Maori: tarikai
Occitan: floèma m
Polish: łyko (pl) n
Portuguese: floema (pt) m
Russian: флоэ́ма (ru) f (floéma), луб (ru) m (lub), лы́ко (ru) n (lýko)
Spanish: floema m
Tagalog: paniyandaluyan
Telugu: పోషక కణజాలము (pōṣaka kaṇajālamu)
Thai: โฟลเอ็ม (th) (floo-êm)

See also

xylem

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