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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The end wall of a sieve-tube element, containing many pores through which food material is conducted.

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  • noun botany A structure of tiny apertures present in adjacent sieve walls that enable the movement of fluids inside the phloem.

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