exudate
Example Sentences
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In return, the plant roots produce an exudate that feeds the fungi.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2022
She developed a shark repellent from an exudate of flatfish called the Red Sea Moses sole and taught sharks, once thought to be untrainable, to perform whole sequences of tasks.
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2015
He thinks about "the lovely turquoise exudate, electrical lichen," that forms around the poles of his car batteries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Presumably a similar queenly exudate inhibits all but a few of the soldiers in turn from developing into queens.
From Time Magazine Archive
In case of extensive anthrax oedema, incisions may be made into the part as far as the yellow exudate extends, and a poultice containing carbolic acid may be applied.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
