| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| phellem |
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| SYLLABICATION: | phel·lem |
| PRONUNCIATION: | f l m, - m |
| NOUN: | Botany See cork (sense 4). | | ETYMOLOGY: | German : Greek phellos, cork; see bhel-2 in Appendix I + -em (as in Phloëm, phloem; see phloem).
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