phloem

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

floëem

vaatbundel

Synoniemen

bast

capillary

liber

Vertalingen

floema

phloème

floema

Phloem

floema

floema

لحاء

Phlöm

liber

floemo

φλοίωμα

Cal

Liber

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈfləʊ.əm/

Etymologie (Engels)

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).