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noun

  • Botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e. G., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes. (.
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(n.) That portion of fibrovascular bundles which corresponds to the inner bark; the liber tissue; -- distinguished from xylem.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary