SIEVE TUBE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sieve tube mean? 

• SIEVE TUBE (noun)
  The noun SIEVE TUBE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SIEVE TUBE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIEVE TUBE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sieve tube" is a kind of...):

vascular tissue (tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants)

Holonyms ("sieve tube" is a part of...):

bast; phloem ((botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes)