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| —n | |
| 1. | a solution of mineral salts, sugars, etc, that circulates in a plant |
| 2. | any vital body fluid |
| 3. | energy; vigour |
| 4. | slang a gullible or foolish person |
| 5. | another name for sapwood |
| —vb , saps, sapping, sapped | |
| 6. | to drain of sap |
| [Old English sæp; related to Old High German sapf, German Saft juice, Middle Low German sapp, Sanskrit sabar milk juice] | |
| 'sapless1 | |
| —adj | |
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