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guttation

guttation noun: the exudation of drops of water from the leaves of some vascular plants as a result of root pressure.

Noun

guttation (countable and uncountable, plural guttations)

  1. The exudation of drops of water from the leaves of some vascular plants as a result of root pressure.

guttation meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Indonesian

guttation in Tamil

கசிவு, நீர் கசிவு

guttation in Kannada

ಗಟೇಷನ್, ಬಿಂದುಸ್ರಾವ

guttation in Indonesian

exudation of drops of water
gutasi

Forms of guttation

pluralguttations

Origin of guttation

From Latin gutta (“a drop”) + -ation.

Questions about guttation

What does guttation mean?
Guttation means the exudation of drops of water from the leaves of some vascular plants as a result of root pressure.
What is guttation in Tamil?
Guttation in Tamil is கசிவு, நீர் கசிவு. See Guttation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is guttation?
Guttation is a noun.
What is the plural of guttation?
The plural of guttation is guttations.

Words near guttation in the dictionary

  1. guttated
  2. guttately
  3. guttates
  4. guttatim
  5. guttating
  6. guttation
  7. guttations
  8. gutted
  9. gutted for
  10. gutted out
  11. gutted up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: guttation (page history and authors); guttation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); guttation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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