cell sap

noun

The liquid enclosed inside the vacuole of a plant cell.

Meanings

nouncell sap (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe liquid enclosed inside the vacuole of a plant cell.

    This region, which includes a transparent, or rarely colored, watery substance known as the cell sap, is called the vacuole, a term that comes from the Latin word for “empty.”

    2009, Randy O. Wayne, Plant Cell Biology: From Astronomy to Zoology, page 101
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