cell sap
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cell sap
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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There is an agitated moving of bees back and forth, like granules in cell sap.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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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.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton
Inside the root-hairs is protoplasm and cell sap.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education
This fluid, which in most cells is colorless, is called the cell sap, and is composed mainly of water.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton
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.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton
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