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celery stick make a vertical slit along the upper side of stick with knife like given below why only some area seems colored why some areas unstained

celery stick make a vertical slit along the upper side of stick with knife like given-example-1
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There are two types of vascular roots in a plant: xylem and phloem. The xylem distributes fluid and the phloem distributes nutrients. Because the food coloring is a fluid, not a nutrient, the only the xylem will bring the food coloring through the celery. These will be the parts of the celery that are stained, and why the rest is unstained.

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