A woman cuts a rose off of a bush in her garden and notices that phloem sap continues to "ooze" out of the stem after the flower has been cut. This is due to:

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Turgor pressure is the pressure created by water inside plant cells that helps maintain the rigidity of the cell walls and keeps plant tissues rigid. When a stem is cut, the severance of the vascular tissue vessels allows sap to continue to flow out due to the loss of turgor pressure.

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