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Word entry · 6 letters

phloem

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"Plant sugar tissue"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈfləʊ.əm/Part of speech nounSorted ehlmopStarts with PEnds with M1 cluesCommon crossword word
1P2H3L4O5E6M

Definitions

  1. Plant tissue that carries sugars and nutrients.

Word origin

First attested in 1872. From German Phloëm, coined by Swiss botanist Carl Nägeli in 1858 from Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “husk, bark”) + a Greek-sounding ending -em (cf. System).

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