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- Dictionaryguttation/ɡʌˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
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- 1. the secretion of droplets of water from the pores of plants.
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Guttation is the exudation of drops of xylem and phloem sap on the tips or edges of leaves of some vascular plants, such as grasses, and also a number of fungi. Ancient Latin gutta means "a drop of fluid", whence modern botany formed the word guttation to designate that a plant exudes drops of fluid onto the outer surface of the plant, when the source of the fluid is inside the plant. Guttation ha... Wikipedia