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Record 1 2002-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

A food-conducting tube of the phloem made up of an axial series of long, conducting cells ... whose common walls, inclined or transverse are sieve plates and whose lateral walls may have additional, less specialized, sieve areas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Tube du phloème conducteur de la sève élaborée, constitué par une série axiale de longues cellules conductrices semblables (éléments de tube criblé), dont les parois communes, inclinées ou transversales, sont les cloisons criblées, et dont les parois latérales peuvent comporter quelquefois des cribles moins spécialisés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
  • Biología vegetal
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