So far researchers have tested the transparent effect on rice, tobacco, tomato, cucumber, moss, and other flowering plants. But this sort of botanical x-ray can be applied to anything that sprouts.

If you have a penchant for unusual plants, you may have heard of the ... what makes these perennials unique – they turn mostly transparent in the rain, leaving just their veining (or 'skeleton ...

"to see the inner workings of woody plants without dissecting them". By bleaching away pigments in plant cells, he managed to create "transparent wood", publishing his technique in "a niche wood ...