turgescent
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Etymology
Origin of turgescent
1720–30; < Latin turgēscent- (stem of turgēscēns ), present participle of turgēscere to begin to swell, equivalent to turg ( ēre ) to swell + -ēscent- -escent
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Second, the movement is a vital one, and is effected by contraction on the side toward which the bending takes place, rather than by turgescent tension of the opposite side.
From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Asa Gray
Caesalpinia, Calliandra and other trees in the tropics, which are called rain trees owing to the numerous drops of fluid which drip from the leaves under the abnormally turgescent conditions referred to.
From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward
When the turgescent state of the brain, arises from a disturbance in the digestive organs, it will be remedied, by means directed to this cause.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
When immersed in a hypertonic solution, it retracts; in a slightly hypotonic solution it absorbs water and becomes turgescent, while in a very hypotonic solution it swells up and bursts.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
Except for the occasional mosquitoe, there was no sound save the turgescent sea and his Voice.
From Bab: a Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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