Water Transport in Plants

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Upright conduit between the underground system and leaves (4)
• Protective jacket enclosing a tree trunk's outer layers (4)
• Phase shift from liquid to vapor driving the transpirational engine (11)
• Microscopic root outgrowth maximizing intake area (4)
• Fluid carried through a tree's vascular highway (3)
• Rigid internal pressure that keeps non-woody plants upright (6)

Down

• Continuous inner pathway of living cytoplasm linked by plasmodesmata (8)
• Attraction between sap and hydrophilic conduit walls (8)
• Outer cellular boundary mediating liquid exchange with surroundings (9)
• Single mouth-like opening that breathes and sweats (5)
• Rigid polymer that reinforces conduits against collapse (6)
• Non-living pathway where fluids travel through cell walls and intercellular spaces (8)

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