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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes;
[syn: phloem, bast]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]