Question

The dead cells that act as "straws" inside the plant to pull water and nutrients from the soil is _____.

Answer 1

The dead cells that act as "straws" inside the plant to pull water and nutrients from the soil is known as xylem.

Xylem is the vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolved nutrients upward from the root and also helps to form the woody element in the stem.                                                    

Answer 2

This is known as the Xylem of the plant.