exudation of moisture

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• Exudation — Ex u*da tion, n. The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded. [1913 Webster] Resins, a class of proximate principles, existing in almost all plants and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• guttation — ˌgəˈtāshən noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary gutt (from Latin gutta drop) + ation; originally formed in German : the exudation of moisture from an uninjured surface of a plant (as from a hydathode) …   Useful english dictionary

• sweat — sweatless, adj. /swet/, v., sweat or sweated, sweating, n., adj. v.i. 1. to perspire, esp. freely or profusely. 2. to exude moisture, as green plants piled in a heap or cheese. 3. to gather moisture from the surrounding air by condensation. 4.… …   Universalium

• sweat — [c]/swɛt / (say swet) verb (sweat or sweated, sweating) –verb (i) 1. to excrete watery fluid through the pores of the skin, as from heat, exertion, etc.; perspire, especially freely or profusely. 2. to exude moisture, as green plants piled in a… …  

• Intertrigo — A superficial skin disorder involving any area of the body where opposing skin surfaces may touch and rub, such as the creases of the neck, the skin folds of the groin, axilla (armpit) and breasts (especially if large and pendulous) and between… …   Medical dictionary

• sweat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. perspire; run, exude, secrete, ooze, drip; bead, dew, wet; informal, drudge, overwork; suffer, extract; force out; exploit. n. perspiration, sudor, exudation; informal, exertion, toil, sweat of one s… …   English dictionary for students

• angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction       any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …   Universalium

• perspiration — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. water, exudation, beads of moisture; see sweat . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Moisture excreted through the pores of the skin: lather, sweat. See DRY …   English dictionary for students

• sweat — I. n. 1. Perspiration, exudation, excretion, sweating, cutaneous excretion. 2. Labor, toil, drudgery. 3. Ooze, reek, exuding moisture. II. v. n. 1. Perspire. 2. Toil, labor, drudge. 3. Emit moisture …   New dictionary of synonyms

• weep — [wēp] vi. wept, weeping [ME wepen < OE wepan, akin to wop, outcry, Goth wōpjan, OS wōpian < IE base * wab , to cry, complain > OSlav vabiti, to call to] 1. to manifest or give expression to a strong emotion, usually grief or sorrow, by… …   English World dictionary

• Root pressure — Root pressure: osmotic pressure within the cells of a root system that causes sap to rise through a plant stem to the leaves.Root pressure occurs in the xylem of some vascular plants when the soil moisture level is high either at night or when… …   Wikipedia