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Record 1 2012-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bast Fibres (Textiles)
DEF

Any of certain strong woody fibers obtained chiefly from the phloem but also sometimes from the pericycle or cortex of various plants and used in manufacture of rope, cordages, matting and fabrics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fibres textiles libériennes
OBS

Fibre ou portion fibreuse du phloème ou du liber.

OBS

Fibre libérienne provenant des tiges de plantes (lin, chanvre, jute, ramie, etc.).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fibras bastas
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Record 2 2003-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

The principal food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, which together with the xylem forms the vascular tissue. The first phloem to be formed is the primary phloem, which develops from the procambium of a primary meristem and consists of protophloem and metaphloem. Secondary phloem is found in plants with secondary thickening and is formed from the vascular cambium.

CONT

Most of the veins contain two distinct channels: phloem, for importing nutrients and water, and xylem, for exporting the products of photosynthesis.

CONT

The [sap-sucking] insects suck the phloem, the tissue the sap flows through, for sustenance, but because phloem contains little protein, the insects excrete huge amounts of sugar in proportion to their size.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Tissu conducteur de la sève élaborée, composé de tubes criblés, de cellules compagnes, de fibres et de parenchyme longitudinal.

CONT

Les plantes vasculaires ou rhizophytes sont des plantes qui possèdent un appareil conducteur, lequel permet la circulation des liquides ou sèves : [...] - les tubes criblés du phloème (réunis en faisceaux criblés) servent à la circulation de la sève élaborée des parties assimilatrices (feuilles), vers les autres régions (fleurs, fruits, tronc, racines).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
DEF

Tejido que en los vegetales superiores conduce la savia elaborada. En plantas leñosas se sitúa en la parte interna de la corteza.

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