Insectivorous Plants — Page 1
THE EFFECTS OF HEAT ON THE LEAVES.
LOS EFECTOS DEL CALOR EN LAS HOJAS.
Nature of the experiments—Effects of boiling water—Warm water causes rapid inflection—
Naturaleza de los experimentos—Efectos del agua hirviendo—El agua tibia causa una inflexión rápida—
Water at a higher temperature does not cause immediate inflection, but does not kill the leaves, as shown by their subsequent re-expansion and by the aggregation of the protoplasm—
El agua a una temperatura más alta no causa inflexión inmediata, pero no mata las hojas, como lo demuestra su posterior re-expansión y la agregación del protoplasma—
A still higher temperature kills the leaves and coagulates the albuminous contents of the glands.
Una temperatura aún más alta mata las hojas y coagula el contenido albuminoso de las glándulas.
Vocabulary
- LOS
- The (masculine plural definite article).
- EFECTOS
- Effects or consequences of something.
- DEL
- Of the (contraction of de + el).
- CALOR
- Heat or warmth; thermal energy.
- EN
- In, on, or at a location.
- LAS
- The (feminine plural definite article).
- HOJAS
- Leaves of a plant or tree.
- Naturaleza
- Nature or the natural world.
- de
- Of, from, or belonging to.
- los
- The (masculine plural definite article).
- experimentos
- Experiments or scientific tests.
- Efectos
- Effects or consequences of something.
- del
- Of the (contraction of de + el).
- agua
- Water, the essential liquid for life.
- hirviendo
- Boiling or bubbling due to heat.
- El
- The (masculine singular definite article).
- tibia
- Lukewarm or tepid in temperature.
- causa
- Causes or produces a result.
- una
- A or one (feminine indefinite article).
- rápida
- Quick or fast in movement.
- temperatura
- Temperature or degree of heat.
- más
- More or greater in amount.
- alta
- High or tall in elevation.
- no
- No or negation of something.
- inmediata
- Immediate or happening right away.
- pero
- But or however (conjunction).
- mata
- Kills or causes death of.
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article).
- hojas
- Leaves of a plant or tree.
- como
- Like, as, or in the manner of.
- lo
- It or the (neuter definite article).
- demuestra
- Demonstrates or proves something clearly.
- su
- His, her, or its possessive.
- posterior
- Later, subsequent, or coming after.
- expansión
- Expansion or the act of spreading.
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article).
- Una
- A or one (feminine indefinite article).
- aún
- Still, yet, or even so.
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article).
- contenido
- Content or material held within.
- glándulas
- Glands or organs secreting fluids.
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