turgor pressure

British

noun

Also called: hydrostatic pressure. the pressure exerted on a plant cell wall by water passing into the cell by osmosis

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"Wilting, what we refer to as losing turgor pressure, is not always fatal but it's one step toward death," Santiago said.

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