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HYDATHODE

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hy⋅da⋅thode

  [hahy-duh-thohd]
–noun Botany.
a specialized leaf structure through which water is exuded.
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< G Hydathode (1894) < Gk hydat-, s. of hýdōr water + hodós way, path; cf. -ode 2 , cathode
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hy·da·thode   (hī'də-thōd')   
n.  A water-excreting microscopic epidermal structure in many plants.

[Greek hudōr, hudat-, water; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots + hodos, way, road.]
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