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cell sap

American  

noun

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


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

  2. See more at vacuole


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 Literature

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Inside the root-hairs is protoplasm and cell sap.

From Project Gutenberg

This fluid, which in most cells is colorless, is called the cell sap, and is composed mainly of water.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg