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Definition of: phloem
(flō′em) noun Bot.
The complex plant tissue composed of sieve tubes with associated cells, and forming part of the vascular system serving for the conduction of the sap; the bast; leptome. Compare XYLEM. [<G <Gk. phloos bark]
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