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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
phloem : see bark ; stem .
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phloem (bast) A tissue that conducts food materials in vascular...plants and in newly formed tissues of mature plants primary phloem is formed by the activity of the apical meristem (see protophloem ; metaphloem ). In most plants secondary phloem is later differentiated by the vascular cambium and this...
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phloem
...leaves to all other parts of the plant. Phloem is composed of several types of specialized cells, including sieve-tube cells and phloem fibers. Sieve tubes (columns of sieve...channels in which food substances travel. Phloem fibers are long, flexible cells that make...
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phloem protein See P-protein .
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phloem A tissue comprising various types of cell, which transports dissolved organic and inorganic materials over long distances within...
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phloem Vascular tissue for distributing dissolved food materials in plants. Phloem tissue contains several types of cells. The most important...transport the food substances (see active transport ). Phloem may also contain fibres that help to support the tissue...
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