These systems use continuous tubes called xylem and phloem: - Xylem vessels carry water and minerals from the roots to the leaves. - Phloem tubes carry sugar & other organic nutrients made by plant from the leaves to the rest of the plant. Structure of the xylem tissue. Xylem vessels consist of dead cells. They have a thick, strengthened cellulose cell wall with a hollow lumen.
Definition. An amendment proposed to the United States Constitution that would have granted women additional legal protections intended to counteract existing customs that favored men over women in legal matters, as well as inconsistent enforcement of existing laws meant to guarantee legal equality among men and women.efinition. An amendment proposed to the United States Constitution that would have granted women additional legal protections intended to counteract existing customs that favored men over women in legal matters, as well as inconsistent enforcement of existing laws meant to guarantee legal equality among men and women.
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution which was intended to guarantee that equal rights under any federal, state or local â¦ law could not be denied on account of sex.he Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution. The purpose and  meaning of the Bill of Rights as it emerged from the ratification  process, was to preserve the liberties â¦ England's revolution laws  threatened.