sieve tissue

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• sieve tissue — noun : phloem * * * sieve tissue, Botany. tissue composed of sieve cells or sieve tubes …   Useful english dictionary

• Tissue (biology) — This article is about biological tissue. For other uses, see Tissue. Cross section of sclerenchyma fibers in plant ground tissue …   Wikipedia

• Sieve tube element — in the plant, sieve elements are living cells. They are thick and circular and can be different colours.At the interface between two sieve tube members in angiosperms are sieve plates, pores in the plant cell walls that facilitate the movement of …   Wikipedia

• sieve tube — noun tube formed by cells joined end to end through which nutrients flow in flowering plants and brown algae • Hypernyms: ↑vascular tissue • Part Holonyms: ↑phloem, ↑bast * * * noun : a tube consisting of an end to end series of thin walled… …   Useful english dictionary

• sieve — Synonyms and related words: analyze, analyzer, arabesque, assort, basketry, basketwork, bolt, bolter, breaker, cancellation, categorize, centrifuge, clack, clarifier, clarify, classify, clear, colander, collate, contradistinguish, cordon, cordon… …   Moby Thesaurus

• sieve tube — A tube within the phloem tissue of a plant, composed of joined sieve elements …   Glossary of Biotechnology

• tissue — Synonyms and related words: accumulation, all that lives, anatomy, arabesque, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, basketry, basketwork, biosphere, biota, braiding, brawn, build, building, cancellation, chain, cloth, combination,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Surgical sieve — The surgical sieve is a nickname for a type of thought process in the medical profession. It has several purposes. Firstly, it is a typical example of how to organise a structured examination answer for medical students and doctors when they are… …   Wikipedia

• vascular tissue — noun tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants • Hypernyms: ↑plant tissue • Hyponyms: ↑stele, ↑cambium, ↑vascular bundle, ↑vascular strand, ↑fibrovascular bundle, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• phloem — Tissue forming part of the plant vascular system, responsible for the transport of organic materials, especially sucrose, from the leaves to the rest of the plant. Consists of sieve tubes, companion cells, fibre cells, and parenchyma …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction       any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …   Universalium