cell sap

American  

noun

1. the watery fluid within the central vacuole of a plant cell.

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cell sap Scientific  

1. The liquid contained within a vacuole of a plant cell.

2. See more at vacuole

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Etymology

Origin of cell sap

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Not only are the cells stimulated to grow larger and divide oftener than normally, thus producing large gall-like swellings, but the chlorophyll disappears, the cell sap changes colour to red, the numerous compound crystals normally found in the tissues diminish in number and are different in shape, large quantities of starch are stored up, and even the vascular bundles are altered in character.

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Inside the root-hairs is protoplasm and cell sap.

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By careful  focusing it is easy to show that the protoplasm is confined to a thin layer lining the wall, the central cavity of the tube being filled with cell sap.

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The red specks on the base of the perigone leaves, as well as the red color of the back of the sepals, the stalk, and leaves are due to a purplish red cell sap filling the cells at these points.

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Some of these cells contain a few scattered chloroplasts in the very thin, protoplasmic layer lining their walls, but the cells are almost completely filled with colorless cell sap.

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