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  2. Rhizoid - Wikipedia

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    In water or near it, plants could absorb water from their surroundings, with no need for any special absorbing organ or tissue. Additionally, in the primitive states of plant development, tissue differentiation and division of labor were minimal, thus specialized water-absorbing tissue was not required.

  3. Minecraft modding - Wikipedia

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    A Minecraft mod is a mod that changes aspects of the sandbox game Minecraft. Minecraft mods can add additional content to the game, make tweaks to specific features, and optimize performance. Thousands of mods for the game have been created, with some mods even generating an income for their authors.

  4. Tillandsia - Wikipedia

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    Now the plant can absorb more light. When the sun dries the plants, they turn white. Thanks to this special survival trick, plants without roots can absorb fog droplets as well as rainwater and thus cover their water needs. [18] More than one-third of a tropical forest's vascular plants are epiphytes which species of Tillandsia are part of.

  5. Tumbleweed - Wikipedia

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    Lechenaultia divaricata. A tumbleweed is a structural part of the above-ground anatomy of a number of species of plants.It is a diaspore that, once mature and dry, detaches from its root or stem and rolls due to the force of the wind.

  6. Absorption of water - Wikipedia

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    Absorption of water-Plants generally absorb capillary water from the soil through their roots. The diffusion pressure deficit in a cell of a leaf is developed because of transpiration then water from the adjacent cell moves towards the cell in the same way diffusion pressure deficit is developed in the second cell and water moves to it from the ...

  7. Xerophyte - Wikipedia

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    Plants absorb water from the soil, which then evaporates from their shoots and leaves; this process is known as transpiration.If placed in a dry environment, a typical mesophytic plant would evaporate water faster than the rate of water uptake from the soil, leading to wilting and even death.

  8. Hygroscopy - Wikipedia

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    in the condensation of the water-vapour of the air on the cold surface of a glass; in the capillarity of hair, wool, cotton, wood shavings, etc.; in the imbibition of water from the air by gelatine; in the deliquescence of common salt; in the absorption of water from the air by concentrated sulphuric acid; in the behaviour of quicklime". [4]

  9. Imbibition - Wikipedia

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    Imbibition is a special type of diffusion that takes place when liquid is absorbed by solids-colloids causing an increase in volume. Water surface potential movement takes place along a concentration gradient; some dry materials absorb water.