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

Presumably a similar queenly exudate inhibits all but a few of the soldiers in turn from developing into queens.

From Time Magazine Archive

He believes that: > The soldiers, acting as nurses to the larvae, suffuse them with their exudate, which prevents the development of more unnecessary soldiers.

From Time Magazine Archive

The liver and kidneys are usually congested or are infiltrated with an oedematous exudate, and in these, as in all the local anthrax lesions, the characteristic bacilli are found.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various