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  • 1turgid — adjective 1) his turgid prose Syn: bombastic, pompous, overblown, inflated, tumid, high flown, puffed up, affected, pretentious, grandiose, florid, ornate, grandiloquent, orotund; informal highfalutin, purple Ant …

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  • 2stoma — stomal, adj. /stoh meuh/, n., pl. stomata /stoh meuh teuh, stom euh , stoh mah teuh/, stomas. 1. Also, stomate. Bot. any of various small apertures, esp. one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which… …

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  • 3stomate — /stoh mayt/, n. stoma (def. 1). [perh. by back formation from STOMATA, based on an assumed NL sing. *stomatum; see ATE1] * * * ▪ plant anatomy also called  Stoma,  plural  Stomata, or Stomas,    any of the microscopic openings or pores in the… …

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  • 4bloat — blōt vt : to make turgid: a) to produce edema in b) to cause or result in accumulation of gas in the digestive tract of <cucumbers sometimes bloat me> c) to cause abdominal distension in vi to become turgid bloat n 1) a digestive… …

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  • 5swell — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. expand, dilate, bulge, protrude; billow; increase, grow, surge. See water, feeling, pride. n. swelling, increase; billow, wave, groundswell, sea, roller; rise, slope, knoll. See convexity,… …

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  • 6bloat — I. v. a. Swell, inflate, distend, dilate, puff up, blow up, make turgid. II. v. n. Swell, dilate, be swollen, be inflated or distended, be puffed or blown up, become turgid …

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  • 7Epidermis (botany) — Cross section of a flax plant stem: 1. Pith, 2. Protoxylem, 3. Xylem I, 4. Phloem I, 5. Sclerenchyma (bast fibre), 6. Cortex, 7. Epidermis The epidermis is a single layered group of cells that covers plants …

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  • 8Turgesce — Tur*gesce , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Turgesced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turgescing}.] [L. turgescere, v. incho. fr. turgere to swell.] To become turgid; to swell or be inflated. [R.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 9Turgesced — Turgesce Tur*gesce , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Turgesced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turgescing}.] [L. turgescere, v. incho. fr. turgere to swell.] To become turgid; to swell or be inflated. [R.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 10Turgescing — Turgesce Tur*gesce , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Turgesced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turgescing}.] [L. turgescere, v. incho. fr. turgere to swell.] To become turgid; to swell or be inflated. [R.] [1913 Webster] …

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