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n. - A pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants.

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  • In the first case the action of the hydathode should continue even after the treatment with the sublimate solution, while in the latter case it should not.
  • Even if the hydathode is treated with sublimate solution, all the conditions for mechanical filtration still remain: the earth has moisture which can be taken up by the...
  • The water which is forced upward by the root-pressure of the plant is naturally conveyed through the vascular fibres into the leaves and at every hydathode the...
  • But it does destroy it, and the hydathode dies.
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