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Phloem

usgb/ˈfləʊem/Volume
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Plant Nutrition

Remember, 'phloem' is specific to plant biology and pertains to how plants distribute nutrients.

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Botany researchers study how environmental stress affects phloem function in crops.
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Not For Animals

'Phloem' is used exclusively concerning plants, not animals or other organisms.

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While animals have blood vessels, plants use phloem and xylem for transport.
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Academic Usage

The term 'phloem' is often used in academic and scientific settings rather than in everyday conversation.

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In our botany class, we examined the structure of phloem tissues under a microscope.
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