Transpiration
/ˌtrænspɪˈreɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants, especially through the stomata; accompanied by a corresponding uptake from the roots.
nounThe process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes.
Sentence Examples
Transpiration is the process of water vapor leaving a plant.
The rate of transpiration increases when the weather is very hot.
Water escapes from the plant leaves through the process of transpiration.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Plants lose water through their leaves in a process called ____ that cools them down.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ is the process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves today.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Middle French transpiration, from Medieval Latin transpiratio, from transpiro, from Latin trans + spiro.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Plants lose water through their leaves in a process called ____ that cools them down.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ is the process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves today.