phloem

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A wide range of mass transfer values through the phloem was found, these being a function of exudation rate.

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  1. noun The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids. Also called bast.

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  • "You can read all about it while I'm talking to the house-doctor She doesn't want to spend the morning reading what the encyclopedia has to say about phloem," Mother said, peevishly. —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 06 - June 1997
  • The osmotic characteristics of phloem-sap exudation were examined in soil-grown and watercultured plants of Ricinus communis L. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Fresh incisions caused large alterations in solute flux, but phloem-sap solute potential? —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • A wide range of mass transfer values through the phloem was found, these being a function of exudation rate. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Abstract Water and solute flows in the coupled system of xylem and phloem were modeled together with predictions for xylem and whole stem diameter changes. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
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  1. German, from Greek phloios, bark; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.
 

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