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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PHLOEM

Via German from Greek phloos bark.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PHLOEM

phloem  [ˈfləʊɛm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHLOEM

noun
adjective
verb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phloem is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PHLOEM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

phloem

Phloem

In vascular plants, phloem is the living tissue that carries organic nutrients, in particular, sucrose, a sugar, to all parts of the plant where needed. In trees, the phloem is the innermost layer of the bark, hence the name, derived from the Greek word φλοιός meaning "bark". The phloem is concerned mainly with the transport of soluble organic material made during photosynthesis. This is called translocation.

Definition of phloem in the English dictionary

The definition of phloem in the dictionary is tissue in higher plants that conducts synthesized food substances to all parts of the plant.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHLOEM


proem
ˈprəʊɛm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHLOEM

phlegmatic
phlegmatical
phlegmatically
phlegmaticalness
phlegmaticness
phlegmon
phlegmonic
phlegmonoid
phlegmonous
phlegmy
phlogistic
phlogisticate
phlogiston
phlogopite
phlomis
phlorizin
phlox
PHLS
phlyctaena
phlyctaenae

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHLOEM

anthem
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Eminem
gem
hem
item
mem
poem
problem
prose poem
protophloem
seem
Sem
spoem
stem
symphonic poem
system
the system
them
tone poem

Synonyms and antonyms of phloem in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phloem» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHLOEM

Find out the translation of phloem to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of phloem from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phloem» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

韧皮部
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

floema
570 millions of speakers

English

phloem
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फ्लोएम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللحاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

флоэмы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

floema
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

phloem
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phloème
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phloem
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bast
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

師部
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사부
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phloem
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vỏ cây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பட்டையம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लोएम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

floem
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tiglio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rafia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

флоеми
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

floem
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φλοίωμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

floëem
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

floem
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phloem
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phloem

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHLOEM»

The term «phloem» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.308 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHLOEM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phloem

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHLOEM»

Discover the use of phloem in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phloem and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Phloem: Molecular Cell Biology, Systemic Communication, ...
Building on advances made through developments of new analytical technologies, this book will provide readers with a current and comprehensive reference on the role of phloem in plant growth and development.
Gary A. Thompson, Aart J.E. van Bel, 2012
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Phloem Translocation
The author writes in a lively style that is at once informative and provocative, and the book will appeal to those interested in the historical development of the many exciting and often conflicting theories of phloem transport.
M. J. P. Canny, 1973
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Introductory Botany: Plants, People, and the Environment, ...
Fluid within phloem tissue moves both upward and downward. Sucrose is translocated in individual sieve tubes from a source, an area of excess sugar supply (usually a leaf), to a sink, an area of storage (as starch) or sugar use such as a root, ...
Linda Berg, 2007
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Esau's Plant Anatomy: Meristems, Cells, and Tissues of the ...
Herbaceous vine with discrete vascular bundles, each having phloem on opposite sides of the xylem (bicollateral bundles). The vascular region is delimited on the outside by sclerenchyma (perivascular fibers). The cortex is composed of ...
Ray F. Evert, 2006
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Biology
Ringing experiment The active phloem of a woody stem is located on the inside of the bark; the xylem is located in the wood. Hence, removal of a complete strip of bark from around a woody stem, known as ringing, removes phloem but leaves  ...
Martin Rowland, 1992
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Excel HSC Biology
54-63 Current theories about processes responsible for the movement of materials through plants in xylem and phloem tissue In your preliminary course you learned that the transport system in plants is made up of xylem and phloem.
Diane Alford, Jennifer Hill, 2003
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Plant Physiological Ecology
The other transport system, the phloem, allows the mass flow of carbohydrates and other solutes from a source region, where the hydrostatic pressure in the phloem is relatively high, to a sink region with lower pressure. Plants differ markedly ...
Hans Lambers, F Stuart Chapin III, Thijs L. Pons, 2008
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Plant Cell Biology: Structure and Function
Demand for long distance transport of solutes around the whole plant between sources and sinks is met by the phloem component of the vascular tissue. Sieve elements and companion cells, illustrated here, are the major cell types active in  ...
Brian E. S. Gunning, Martin W. Steer, 1996
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The Structure and Function of Plastids
H. S-Type and P-Type Plastids in Phloem Sieve Elements Phloem tissue is responsible for the transport of pho- tosynthate from source tissues (leaves or other photo- synthetic organs) to sink tissues (roots, stem and developing seeds and ...
Robert R. Wise, J. Kenneth Hoober, 2007
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Physiology of Woody Plants
Time of Growth Initiation and Amounts of Xylem and Phloem Produced Undifferentiated overwintering xylem mother cells are rare except in very mild climates or under unusual circumstances (Larson, 1994). Photographs of stem transections ...
Stephen G. Pallardy, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHLOEM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phloem is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sticky cotton control demands early attack on whitefly
According to Goodell, along with a sticky byproduct of the feeding process, the Whitefly does direct damage to cotton plants as a phloem feeder ... «Western Farm Press, Jul 15»
2
Nature Notes
... was that about 28% of the nearly 600 species of vascular plants (those having conductive tissue, xylem, and phloem) are non-native. «Mackinac Island Town Crier, Jul 15»
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Phloem Studio's Swift chair is fabricated with traditional woodworking techniques, such as exposed mortise-and-tenon joints. Polyester rope ... «San Antonio Express-News, Jul 15»
4
What's happening to my maple tree and can it be saved?
The wound on your tree is very deep, and seems to have entered the cambium layer, which contains the phloem. The phloem transports the ... «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»
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Factors that may be causing rapid crabapple decline
The cambium is found just beneath the bark and contains the xylem and phloem. This is the tissue where water, nutrients and photosynthetic ... «Columbus Telegram, Jul 15»
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Crape myrtle bark scale continues to show up in East Texas
The white scale feeds on the sugary sap in the phloem that flows just under the bark of the trunk and branches. So far, it doesn't seem the ... «Tyler Morning Telegraph, Jul 15»
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New app could help keep Florida orange juice flowing
The bacteria then move through the tree via the phloem — the veins of the tree. The disease starves the tree of nutrients, damages its roots, and ... «The News-Press, Jun 15»
8
This Cracked Tomato Healed Itself. No, Really!
Every time it stops, the cells in the skin, which are where most of the differentiated cells in the tomato come from, produce woody or phloem ... «Womans Day, Jun 15»
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Adopt-a-tree program aims to cut EAB losses
According to Romines, EAB gets underneath the bark of the tree and cuts off the tree's xylem and phloem, which is the "lifeblood of the tree.". «Channel3000.com - WISC-TV3, Jun 15»
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A closer look at a look-term disease threat to vineyards
Commonly, leafroll can lower yields by 10 to 20 percent. Because the disease damages the phloem of infected vines, it delays sugar ... «Western Farm Press, Jun 15»

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