sieve tube

Other forms: sieve tubes

Definitions of sieve tube
  1. noun
    tube formed by cells joined end-to-end through which nutrients flow in flowering plants and brown algae
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    type of:
    vascular tissue
    tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants
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