cell sap

noun

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

Origin of cell sap

First recorded in 1885–90

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Examples from the Web for cell sap

Historical Examples of cell sap

Mrs. Dana, in "Plants and her children," uses the term "sweet stuff" for nectar, "watery-broth" for the cell-sap of plants.
Papers and Proceedings of the Twenty-Third General Meeting of the American Library Association
Various
They are found in the cytoplasma, or in the cell-sap, and can be fixed in picric acid and stained in methylene blue.
The Diatomaceae of Philadelphia and Vicinity
Charles Sumner Boyer
Maltose rarely occurs as such in plants, although its presence in the cell-sap of leaves has sometimes been reported.
The Chemistry of Plant Life
Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

cell sap in Science

cell sap

The liquid contained within a vacuole of a plant cell. See more at vacuole.

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