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They use their strawlike mouth to siphon water and minerals from plants’ xylem, the system of tubes that transports both substances from the roots through growing tissues.

From Scientific American • Feb. 28, 2023

They suck food through strawlike beaks called rostrums.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2021

Wood consists of three main components: cellulose and hemicellulose, which form long strawlike structures, and lignin, which acts as a glue holding the straw strands together.

From Science Magazine • May 23, 2019

Some had their strawlike trunks stuck into the water, others were simply cooling off in the knee-deep mud.

From New York Times • May 14, 2018

He sat idly against the strawlike matting of the hut wall and reached for a native fruit in a nearby bowl.

From Skin Game by Fritch, Charles E.