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exudate

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ex·u·date  (ksy-dt)
n.
A substance that has oozed forth.

[Latin exsdtum, neuter past participle of exsdre, to exude; see exude.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.exudate - a substance that oozes out from plant pores
emission, discharge - a substance that is emitted or released
gum - any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
latex - a milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air
Verb1.exudate - release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores"
distil, distill - give off (a liquid); "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound"
reek, fume - be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
transpire - give off (water) through the skin
extravasate - geology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth
stream - exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"
gum - exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring"
secrete, release - generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
froth - exude or expel foam; "the angry man was frothing at the mouth"


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Additionally, in one experiment, the root exudates were inhibited by sodium orthovanadate, which specifically blocks root secretions without imparting adverse growth effects on roots.
covers the full range of carbohydrates available as food and related issues, including carbohydrate reactions, monosaccharides, oligosaccharides, polysaccharides (occurrence, structures, chemistry and properties) starches and their products, cellulose and cellulosics, gums (guar, locust bean and tara), gum Arabic and other exudate gums, xanthan, carrageenans, algins and alginates, pectins, carbohydrates and noncarbonhydrate sweeteners, and gellans, curdlan, dextrans and levans.
The romaine lettuce study, published earlier this year in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, is the first to document the different exudate levels in romaine lettuce leaves of the two age classes, we're told.
 
 
 
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