also: ふるいぶ
phloem
Botanical term for the vascular tissue that transports sugars and nutrients in plants.
Phloem is the tissue that transports nutrients in plants.
Standard kanji spelling for phloem in botany.
Alternate kanji spelling; also read ふるいぶ. The reading しぶ is more common.
Rare reading of the alternate kanji spelling.
Composed of 師 (し, 'master' or 'teacher') and 部 (ぶ, 'part' or 'section'), likely a calque from Western botanical terminology. The exact derivation is uncertain.