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Tissue found in vascular plants. Its main function is to transport sugars and other food materials such as amino acids (see protein) from the leaves, where they are produced, to all other parts of the plant. This could be from the leaves to the roots to provide the chemicals needed for growth. However, it could be from a leaf and up to a developing fruit that is rich in sugars. The sugars are made by photosynthesis, which occurs in green parts of plants, such as leaves (see leaf). The amino acids are made from sugars and minerals, such as nitrate absorbed from the soil. Phloem tissue is usually found close to the other transport tissue in plants, xylem, which transports water and minerals. In non-woody plants phloem and xylem are found in bundles, such as the veins of a leaf.

Phloem is composed of sieve elements and their associated companion cells, together with some sclerenchyma and parenchyma cell types. Sieve elements are long, thin-walled cells joined end to end, forming sieve tubes; large pores in the end walls allow the continuous passage of nutrients. Phloem is usually found in association with xylem, the water-conducting tissue, but unlike the latter it is a living tissue.
Phloem Part of the transport system in plants
phloem by Tommy rocks up July 11, 2007
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Phloomph 

When you're laying on a nice, comfy bed with a boner, and then an ass falls from the sky and lands perfectly on your penis, covering it up completely. In ideal circumstances, some baby powder rolls of the butt in a cloud, and even on the rarest of occasions you hear a soft and abrupt phloomph, which signifies a perfect landing. Once the butt has positioned itself, you are free to either carry out your sexual desires, or if you have an extremely strong dick, even walk around with the woman on your body. This is phloomphing and feel free to try it at home. :)
DUDE! I went home last night and Lisa asked me to get ready on the bed so I sat there laying down with a boner and all of a sudden her ass phloomphed on me and I had it there the whole night!
Phloomph by SKROTO December 10, 2013
1. An Alan Alda Feminized Liberal Male who has to have the last word or be the ultimate arbiter/authority in all message board threads he participates in;
2. One who starts threads to engage in running dialogues which he will respond to incessantly while re-casting your opinions in a light favorable to himself;
3. One whose puns and jokes were cool in 1962, but suck rotten eggs now;
4. Also known as a “Scrabble Master “
That phloom won't shut the fuck up -- he makes me want to b..b..b...ARF!
phloom by Hafsemi Rafsanjani February 25, 2008
an emo with a cold. this cold is often caught thanks to sitting in a cold, dark room writing depressing poetry
note: writing poetry gives you a cold.
Phlemo: Accchhoooo-hooo-hooo! AAArgh! i have a COLD! my life SUCKS!
Me: would you like a tissue, mr. phlemo?
Phlemo: No, id rather be in PAIN! wait, what did you just call me?
Me: look it up on urban dictionary, i bothered to make a definition for you...
phlemo by SellotapeLips May 9, 2010

Jason Phleming 

The act of shitting in one's hair to make it curly, often with the addition of snot or other bodily fluids.
She couldn't afford a hairdresser so I gave her a good ol' Jason Phleming.
Jason Phleming by STAJATS June 7, 2009

phlemjob 

To lubricate a penis with phlem instead of spit for the typical blowjob.
Lisa had a huge set of tits and I wanted to stare at them while she gave me a B.J. I didnt know she had COPD, she hawked a loogie on my shaft. It was strangely satisfying. Best and first phlemjob ever!
phlemjob by Mr. Nate February 23, 2015
mucus that is lodged into your throat from your lungs and nose that comes out of your mouth usually when you cough or "hauk" a lugi.
did you see that man's phlem when he hauked a lugi?
phlem by Dandysandy January 7, 2009
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Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
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Plate of Brown 

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Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
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Larpenomics

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Andrew Tate has mastered the field of larpenomics
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