What does "sink" means? (please)?

Question

Hi, I´m mexican, and trying to traduce one article, It´s about tomato crop. What part of the stem or of the fruit is the sink? Can you please describe it? (If you know the spanish traduction better).

Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

"sources" are parts of the plant where soluble carbohydrates are being produced and moved into the phloem, normally this would be the leaves. "Sinks" are parts of the plant where soluble carbohydrates are removed from the phloem. These may be the roots, developing fruits or any other part which cannot produce enough carbohydrate to meet its needs.

Answer 2

a sink is what you wash stuff in like fruit, food, hands etc they are in the bathroom or kitchen

un sumidero es lo que lavar en cosas como las frutas, alimentos, manos, etc que están en el baño o la cocina

Answer 3

"A plant sink is a storage center in plants to hold sugars, normally the roots of the plant. Sinks also occur at the growing tips of roots and stems and in developing fruits." - Wikipedia