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Sieve Tube

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Noun

1. sieve tube

tube formed by cells joined end-to-end through which nutrients flow in flowering plants and brown algae

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sieve Tube

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noun
botany
an element of phloem tissue consisting of a longitudinal row of thin-walled elongated cells with perforations in their connecting walls through which food materials pass

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Sieve Tube

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Botany
a longitudinal tube in the phloem of flowering plants, consisting of a connected series of individual cells (sieve cells) and serving to conduct organic food materials through the plant

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sieve Tube

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n.
A tube through which food is conducted in angiosperms, formed of a series of sieve-tube elements joined end to end.

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