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The tree's delivery van, hauling sugar down while everyone watches the water go up.
means The living plant tissue that transports sugars and nutrients from the leaves to the rest of the plant.
from From Greek phloos, meaning bark, since the stuff lives just beneath it like a vascular underground.
Two-way streetMoves sugar up or down, unlike xylem.
Sieve cellsConducting cells perforated like a colander.
Maple syrupThat breakfast gold is essentially phloem sap.