HYDATHODE

hydathode, water pore, water stoma

(noun) a pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

hydathode (plural hydathodes)

(botany) A tissue, in the leaves of many plants, that contains microscopic pores through which water is excreted.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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