pulvini
- plural of pulvinus.
Example Sentences
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"However, these trees have conscious control of their pulvini, whereas the Earth's plants don't, and so they can do a lot of things that Earth plants can't."
From The Venus Trap by Smith, Evelyn E.
Tannins are also found in certain special structures, such as gland cells, cells of the pulvini, laticiferous tissues, etc.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
According to the analogy of all other pulvini, such joints ought to continue circumnutating for a long period, after the adjoining parts have ceased to grow.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
All the parts or organs in every plant whilst they continue to grow, and some parts which are provided with pulvini after they have ceased to grow, are continually circumnutating.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
In the Leguminosae all the cotyledons which sleep, as far as we have seen, are provided with pulvini.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
