imbibition

Example Sentences

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The scent of Thelephora fastidiosa is bad enough, but, like that of Coprinus picaceus, it is probably derived from the imbibition of the ordure on which it is developed.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

I mean to tinct C in sand-heat to-morrow, And give him imbibition.

From The Alchemist by Jonson, Ben

The amoeba either takes its food directly by imbibition of matter floating in the water, or by pressing into its protoplasmic body solid particles with which it comes in contact.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

In a bibulous manner; with profuse imbibition or absorption.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

The glands secrete a yellowish viscid fluid, by *The distinction between true absorption and mere permeation, or imbibition, is by no means clearly understood: see Mller's 'Physiology,' Eng. translat.

From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles