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primary phloem

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noun

Botany.
  1. phloem derived directly from the growth of an apical meristem.


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The vascular bundles divide into primary xylem and primary phloem.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

The vascular cambium is located just outside the primary xylem and to the interior of the primary phloem.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

The vascular bundles divide into secondary xylem and primary phloem.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Attached to the vascular cambium are primary phloem and primary xylem.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2015

Bundles of primary phloem project outward from the secondary phloem into the cortex.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2015

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