Definition of Protophloems

1. protophloem [n] - See also: protophloem

Lexicographical Neighbors of Protophloems

protonmotive
protonolysis
protonophore
protonophores
protonotaries
protonotary
protons
protonym
protooncogene
protooncogenes
protopanaxadiol
protopanaxatriol
protopathic
protophilic
protophloem
protophloems (current term)
protophyte
protophytes
protophytology
protopine
protopines
protoplanet
protoplanetary
protoplanetary disc
protoplanetary discs
protoplanetary nebula
protoplanetary nebulae
protoplanetary nebulas
protoplanets
protoplasm

Literary usage of Protophloems

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1899)
"... and occur as curved and flattened wedges. Large cells without contents, sieve-tubes, appear in the centre of the strap-shaped bands. protophloems und ..."

2. The Structure and Life-history of the Hay-scented Fern by Henry Shoemaker Conard (1908)
"The protophloems have already passed their greatest density and prominence and the sieve-tubes now appear mature. Each protoxylem consists of one or two ..."

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