Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

imbibition theory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables: im-bi-bi-tion the-o-ry
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The suggestion (by Julius von Sachs) that water ascended in plants by a chemical process in the cell walls, and not by actual passage upwards through vessels.

Questions

What does imbibition theory mean?: The suggestion (by Julius von Sachs) that water ascended in plants by a chemical process in the cell walls, and not by actual passage upwards through vessels.

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