a: Phloem ~
b: a pipeline that carries food

What:

"The inner bark, called phloem, is like a pipeline that carries food produced in the leaves down to the trunk and to the roots. Interestingly, the phloem only lives for a short time, and then dies to become a part of the outer bark."


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Date: Jan 23 2015 12:51 PM


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