different between phalange vs phloem

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French phalange.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?fælænd?/, /f??lænd?/

Noun

phalange (plural phalanges)

1. (obsolete) A phalanx (of soldiers, people etc.). [15th-17th c.]
2. (anatomy) A phalanx. [from 17th c.]
3. (zoology) Any of the joints of an insect's tarsus.
4. (botany) A bundle of stamens joined by their filaments.

Translations

Anagrams

• Gen Alpha

French

Etymology

Borrowed from either Ancient Greek ?????? (phálanx) or Latin phalanx, phalangem. Doublet of palanque and palanche. See also the related planche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.l???/

Noun

phalange f (plural phalanges)

1. (anatomy) phalanx
2. (historical) phalanx (of soldiers, people etc.)

Derived terms

• phalangette

Further reading

• “phalange” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Noun

phalange

1. ablative singular of phalanx

Portuguese

Noun

phalange f (plural phalanges)

1. Obsolete spelling of falange (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

English

Alternative forms

• phlœm, phloëm, phlöem (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in 1872. From German Phloëm, coined by Swiss botanist Carl Nägeli in 1858 from Ancient Greek ????? (phlóos, “husk, bark”) + a Greek-sounding ending -em (cf. System).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fl??.?m/, /?fl??.?m/
• (General American) enPR: fl???m, IPA^(key): /?flo?.?m/, /?flo?.?m/
• Rhymes: -???m, -???m

Noun

phloem (plural phloems)

1. (botany) A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot

Derived terms

• metaphloem
• phloematic
• phloeophagous

Translations

Coordinate terms

• xylem

Further reading

• phloem on Wikipedia.Wikipedia