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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 "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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