exudate
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of exudate
Example Sentences
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In return, the plant roots produce an exudate that feeds the fungi.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
She developed a shark repellent from an exudate of flatfish called the Red Sea Moses sole and taught sharks, once thought to be untrainable, to perform whole sequences of tasks.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2015
Presumably a similar queenly exudate inhibits all but a few of the soldiers in turn from developing into queens.
From Time Magazine Archive
He believes that: > The soldiers, acting as nurses to the larvae, suffuse them with their exudate, which prevents the development of more unnecessary soldiers.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is attended with the formation of a profuse sero-purulent exudate, which covers the brain, the cord, the nerves, and the membranes.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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