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Water enters the sieve tubes by the process called .

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diffusion
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root pressure
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osmosis
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Solution

The correct option is C osmosis
Concentration of sugars in sieve tubes increase after being pumped from leaves. This makes water to enter the sieve tubes from adjacent xylem cells or adjacent cells through osmosis which further helps to push the sugars to its specific destination.

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