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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phloem \Phlo"["e]m\, n. [Gr. ? bark.] (Bot.)
That portion of fibrovascular bundles which corresponds to
the inner bark; the liber tissue; -- distinguished from
xylem.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
phloem
n : (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances
(e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists
primarily of sieve tubes [syn: {bast}]
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