guttation
English
noun
Definitions
- (botany) The exudation of drops of water from the leaves of some vascular plants as a result of root pressure.
Etymology
Derived from Latin gutta (drop, a drop, droplet, drop of fluid).
Origin
Latin
gutta
Gloss
drop, a drop, droplet, drop of fluid
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gt English
- gtt English
- guttiform English
- gutty English
- *eguttāre Latin
- *guttia Latin
- gutta Latin
- guttatus Latin
- guttula Latin
- guta Hungarian
- gocciare Italian
- *ǵʰewd- Proto-Indo-European
- gutta Middle English
- *guta Proto-Slavic
- degoter Old French
- gote Old French
- goute Old French
- goutter Old French
- gută Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- gutë Albanian
- gota Old Portuguese
- gota Asturian
- gote Friulian
- gota Old Occitan
- gota Old Spanish
- guttere xno