Phloem
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Description
The food conducting tissue of a vascular plant. The phloem is the inner bark for trees. It contains the sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.
Synonyms and Related Terms
phloème (Fr.); floeem (Ned.); floema (Esp., Port.)
Resources and Citations
- Walter C. McCrone, John Gustave Delly, The Particle Atlas, W. McCrone Associates, Chicago, IV, 1972
- Mary-Lou Florian, Dale Paul Kronkright, Ruth E. Norton, The Conservation of Artifacts Made from Plant Materials, The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, 1990
- The Dictionary of Paper, American Paper Institute, New York, Fourth Edition, 1980
- Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phloem (Accessed Nov. 9, 2005)