phloem
/ˈfloʊ.əm/noun
phloem is spelled P-H-L-O-E-M: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, phloem means “A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of phloem is phloems.
How many letters and syllables are in phloem?
| Letters | 6: P-H-L-O-E-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 83,271st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is phloem?
Phloem appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce phloem?
- UK /ˈfləʊ.əm/
- US /ˈfloʊ.əm/
Phloem has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-phloem.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with phloem?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as phloem from its last stressed vowel (/oʊəm/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of phloem
- phloems plural
- phlœm
- phloëm
- phlöem
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does phloem mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Phloem in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense vascular tissue:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does phloem come from?
First attested in 1872. From German Phloëm, coined by Swiss botanist Carl Nägeli in 1858 from Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “husk, bark”) + a Greek-sounding ending -em (cf. System).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).