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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
phloem /ˈfləʊɛm/

▶noun Botany the vascular tissue in plants which conducts sugars and other metabolic products downwards from the leaves.

– origin C19: from Gk phloos ‘bark’ + the suffix -ēma.

'phloem' also found in these Oxford entries:

cambium - pericycle - stele - vascular bundle

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