Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A water-excreting microscopic epidermal structure in many plants.
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- noun biology A
tissue , in theleaves of manyplants , that containsmicroscopic pores through whichwater isexcreted .
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- noun a pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Even if the hydathode is treated with sublimate solution, all the conditions for mechanical filtration still remain: the earth has moisture which can be taken up by the roots so that root-pressure still exists.
At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers Eberhard Dennert
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The water which is forced upward by the root-pressure of the plant is naturally conveyed through the vascular fibres into the leaves and at every hydathode the superfluous water oozes out in drops, a phenomenon which one can also very nicely observe e.g. on the "Lady's cloak" (Alchemilla vulgaris) of the German flora.
At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers Eberhard Dennert
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In the first case the action of the hydathode should continue even after the treatment with the sublimate solution, while in the latter case it should not.
At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers Eberhard Dennert
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