phloem
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1. (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | vascular tissue, |
| definition | : | tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | sieve tube, |
| definition | : | tube formed by cells joined end-to-end through which nutrients flow in flowering plants and brown algae (noun.plant) |
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