Insectivorous Plants — Page 1
THE DIGESTIVE POWER OF THE SECRETION OF DROSERA.
EL PODER DIGESTIVO DE LA SECRECIÓN DE DROSERA.
The secretion rendered acid by the direct and indirect excitement of the glands—Nature of the acid—Digestible substances—Albumen, its digestion arrested by alkalies, recommences by the addition of an acid—Meat—Fibrin—Syntonin—Areolar tissue—Cartilage—Fibro-cartilage—Bone—Enamel and dentine—Phosphate of lime—Fibrous basis of bone—Gelatine—Chondrin— Milk, casein and cheese—Gluten—Legumin—Pollen—Globulin—Haematin—Indigestible substances—Epidermic productions—Fibro-elastic tissue—Mucin—Pepsin—Urea—Chitine— Cellulose—Gun-cotton—Chlorophyll—Fat and oil—Starch—Action of the secretion on living seeds—Summary and concluding remarks.
La secreción vuelta ácida por la excitación directa e indirecta de las glándulas—Naturaleza del ácido—Sustancias digeribles—Albúmina, cuya digestión es detenida por los álcalis y se reanuda con la adición de un ácido—Carne—Fibrina—Sintonina—Tejido areolar—Cartílago—Fibrocartílago—Hueso—Esmalte y dentina—Fosfato de cal—Base fibrosa del hueso—Gelatina—Condrina—Leche, caseína y queso—Gluten—Legumina—Polen—Globulina—Hematina—Sustancias indigeribles—Producciones epidérmicas—Tejido fibroelástico—Mucina—Pepsina—Urea—Quitina—Celulosa—Algodón pólvora—Clorofila—Grasa y aceite—Almidón—Acción de la secreción sobre semillas vivas—Resumen y observaciones finales.
Vocabulary
- PODER
- Ability or capacity; to be able to do something
- DIGESTIVO
- Relating to the process of digestion
- SECRECIÓN
- Substance produced and released by a gland
- secreción
- Substance produced and released by a gland
- vuelta
- Return or turning back to a state
- ácida
- Feminine adjective describing something as acidic
- excitación
- State of stimulation or arousal of a system
- directa
- Feminine adjective meaning immediate or straight
- indirecta
- Not direct; occurring through an intermediate means
- glándulas
- Organs that produce and secrete substances
- Naturaleza
- The inherent character or nature of something
- ácido
- Chemical substance with a low pH value
- Sustancias
- Physical or chemical materials with distinct properties
- digeribles
- Capable of being broken down by digestion
- Albúmina
- Water-soluble protein found in egg white
- cuya
- Relative possessive pronoun meaning 'whose'
- digestión
- Biological process of breaking down food chemically
- detenida
- Stopped or halted; past participle of detener
- álcalis
- Basic substances that neutralize acids in chemistry
- reanuda
- Resumes or continues after a pause or stop
- adición
- The act of adding a substance to something
- Carne
- Animal flesh used as food; meat
- Tejido
- Biological tissue; a group of similar cells
- Cartílago
- Firm flexible connective tissue in joints and ears
- Hueso
- Hard calcified tissue forming the skeleton
- Esmalte
- Hard outer coating on the surface of teeth
- cal
- Calcium oxide or lime used in chemistry
- Base
- Fundamental component or chemical opposite of acid
- hueso
- Hard calcified tissue forming the skeleton
- Gelatina
- Translucent substance derived from boiled animal collagen
- Leche
- White liquid produced by mammals for feeding young
- queso
- Solid food made from curdled and aged milk
- Gluten
- Protein mixture found in wheat and similar grains
- Polen
- Fine powder produced by flowers for fertilization
- indigeribles
- Unable to be broken down through the digestive process
- Producciones
- Things produced or generated by a biological process
- Celulosa
- Structural carbohydrate forming plant cell walls
- Algodón
- Soft fluffy fiber from cotton plant; cotton
- pólvora
- Explosive powder used in firearms and fireworks
- Clorofila
- Green pigment in plants enabling photosynthesis
- Grasa
- Animal or vegetable fat used as food
- aceite
- Liquid fat extracted from plants or animals
- Almidón
- Carbohydrate found in plants used as food starch
- Acción
- The process of doing something; an action
- sobre
- Preposition meaning 'on,' 'over,' or 'about'
- semillas
- Seeds of a plant used for reproduction
- vivas
- Feminine plural adjective meaning alive or living
- Resumen
- A summary or brief account of main points
- observaciones
- Remarks or notes based on careful watching
- finales
- Relating to the end or conclusion of something
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