phloem

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

English

Alternative forms

• phlœm, phloëm, phlöem (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in 1872. From German Phloëm, coined by Swiss botanist Carl Nägeli in 1858 from Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “husk, bark”) + a Greek-sounding ending -em (cf. System).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfləʊ.əm/, /ˈfləʊ.ɛm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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

Noun

phloem (plural phloems)

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

Coordinate terms

• xylem

Derived terms

• metaphloem
• phloematic
• phloeophagous

Translations

vascular tissue

• Catalan: floema m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 韌皮部／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 (hu)
• Italian: floema (it) m
• Japanese: 師部 (しぶ, shibu)
• Malay: floem (ms)
• Maori: tarikai
• Occitan: floèma m
• Persian: آوند آبکش (âvand-e âbkeš)
• Polish: łyko (pl) n, floem m
• Portuguese: floema (pt) m
• Russian: флоэ́ма (ru) f (floéma), луб (ru) m (lub), лы́ко (ru) n (lýko)
• Spanish: floema (es) m
• Tagalog: paniyandaluyan
• Telugu: పోషక కణజాలము (pōṣaka kaṇajālamu)
• Thai: โฟลเอ็ม (th) (floo-êm)

Further reading

• phloem on Wikipedia.Wikipedia