plant tissue
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3.4
- noun
- /plænt ˈtɪʃu/
- Specialized
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tejido vegetal
- The scientist studied the various types of plant tissue to understand their roles in water transport.
- plant tissue were found
Clip off plant tissue on a fruit tree while it's fruiting in the summer.
- Clip off plant tissue on a fruit tree while it's fruiting in the summer.
- But right above that point, you're getting maximum or as close to maximum light output on the plant tissue as you can without sacrificing the health of the plant.
- Frostbite on trees is basically just caused from cold wind that cuts through and dries out the plant tissue.
Examples
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After the genes are shot into plant tissue, cells with the anthocyanin gene turn red.
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Plants absorb radiation energy principally through chlorophyll but also through carotenoid pigments contained in green plant tissue.
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"The critical moment is when the plant tissues are cut," he says.
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The food chain web would be broken because these materials would not be taken into plant tissues.
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Clip off plant tissue on a fruit tree while it's fruiting in the summer.
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Bits of plant tissue flew aside, some sticking to the glass walls of the terrarium.
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While these micronutrients tested lower in the plant tissue, soil levels were adequate, and no yield loss associated with these tissue levels was apparent.
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The watery environment also helps to flush potentially damaging enzymes away from plant tissues.
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"Even though a plant tissue makes a compound, there's no guarantee that it will produce it continuously in culture," Triplett says.
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NCAUR plant physiologist Brent Tisserat is evaluating the ability of different CO2 concentrations to speed the growth of plant tissue cultures.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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3.2
A group of similar cells that work together in a body
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3.0
Parts of trees and other green growing things like leaves, stems or roots
A material that comes from plants, like leaves, roots, or oils
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward compositional noun phrase: 'tissue' (a group of cells) specified by 'plant' indicates tissues that belong to a plant, so the overall meaning follows directly from the constituents. This structure is common cross-linguistically and, despite being a technical/scientific term, a B1 learner who knows both words should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Plant tissue is a simple name that pictures the word tissue as connected pieces inside a plant, like the leaf's 'skin' or the tiny 'tubes' that carry water. That's why 'plant tissue' means the different parts inside a plant, each with its own job.