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Spongy

spongy

1. Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones.

2. Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy. Spongy April.

3. Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge.

(Science: chemistry) Spongy lead, sponge lead. See Sponge. Spongy platinum. See Platinum.


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Hydrenchyma

... parenchyma cells, which makes sense since Nymphaea is a water lily of some sort. however, all the anatomical features I was able to identify were spongy and palisade mesophyll, along with some empty space that functions in gas storage and maybe floating. in what part of the leaf is the hydrenchyma ...

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by Nelsson
Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:40 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Hydrenchyma
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The Fiber Disease

... a very useful model of a self-organizing, self-assembling system for a material in nature." Electrically active and physically resilient, the spongy, porous gel can shrink or swell, bend, twist, stretch, or shear, then resume its normal shape. An affinity for charged particles, Mendelson says, ...

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by Livvie
Wed Nov 08, 2006 3:01 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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Sun and shade chloroplast

... chloroplasts in sun leaves concentrate on the palisade layer while chloroplasts in shade leaves are evenly distributed between the palisade and spongy mesophyll layers.. Chloroplasts in sun leaves tend to move away after taking their turns in the bright light. they find shade from others where ...

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by honee_v
Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:59 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Sun and shade chloroplast
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Views: 3557

plant organization & growth

Number 4 is correct and number 1 is incorrect because the photosynthetic mesophyll is made up of an upper palisde layer and a lower spongy layer

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by Nawal
Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:31 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: plant organization & growth
Replies: 3
Views: 967

plant organization & growth

regarding plants what is incorrect? 1 the photosynthetic mesophyll is made up of an upper spongy layer and a lower palisde layer 2 the epidermis is covered by a waxy layer of cuticle that reduces water loss 3 gas exchange occurs through tiny openings in the leaf surface ...

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by mariposa
Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:03 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: plant organization & growth
Replies: 3
Views: 967
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