So woody tissues seems to have first appeared as an adaptation for keeping plants hydrated.
因此,木质组织最初似乎是作为一种让植物保持水分的适应性组织出现的。
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Woody tissue, like the kind found in tree trunks, give the Saguaro its height, but the Saguaro survives with way less water than most trees.
木质组织,就像在树干里见到的一样,成就了树形仙人掌的身高,但它们依靠着比大多树少得多的水生存着。
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And at the same time as plants were developing woody tissues, they were also making a few more modifications.
在植物发育木质组织的同时,它们也在进行更多的修饰。
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And unlike those plants found at Gilboa that were originally mistaken for " trees, " even though they didn't have true woody tissue, Archaeopteris was full of the stuff.
Xylem is one of the two types of transport tissue in vascular plants, phloem being the other. The basic function of xylem is to transport water from roots to shoot and leaves, but it also transports some nutrients. The word xylem is derived from the Greek word ξύλον (xylon), meaning "wood"; the best-known xylem tissue is wood, though it is found throughout the plant.