Sentences with phrase «as phloem»

The stringy strands found on a freshly peeled banana are known as phloem (pronounced flom) and serve as veins, in a manner of speaking, to transport nutrients as the banana is growing.

The insect - transmitted bacteria bypasses that barrier and lives inside a tree's fruit, stems and roots, in the vascular tissue known as the phloem.

Catnip For Bark Beetles In 1957 Wood ground up some tree tissue, known as phloem, and took it back to his lab.

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The plants referred to as «ferns and fern allies» are plants that have vascular tissue (xylem and phloem for conducting water and sugars), but do not produce fruits and seeds.