Insectivorous Plants — Page 1
THE EFFECTS OF HEAT ON THE LEAVES.
OS EFEITOS DO CALOR NAS FOLHAS.
Nature of the experiments—Effects of boiling water—Warm water causes rapid inflection—
Natureza dos experimentos—Efeitos da água fervente—Água morna causa inflexão 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—
Água a uma temperatura mais elevada não causa inflexão imediata, mas não mata as folhas, como demonstrado pela sua subsequente re-expansão e pela agregação do protoplasma—
A still higher temperature kills the leaves and coagulates the albuminous contents of the glands.
Uma temperatura ainda mais elevada mata as folhas e coagula o conteúdo albuminoso das glândulas.
Vocabulary
- OS
- osh — Masculine plural definite article meaning 'the'
- EFEITOS
- eh-FAY-toosh — Effects or results of something
- DO
- doo — Contraction of 'de' and 'o', meaning 'of the'
- CALOR
- kah-LOR — Heat or warmth
- NAS
- nahsh — Contraction of 'em' and 'as', meaning 'in the'
- FOLHAS
- FOL-yahsh — Leaves of a plant or sheets of paper
- Natureza
- nah-too-RAY-zah — Nature or the natural world
- dos
- doosh — Contraction of 'de' and 'os', meaning 'of the'
- experimentos
- esh-peh-ree-MEN-toosh — Experiments or scientific tests
- Efeitos
- eh-FAY-toosh — Effects or outcomes produced by something
- da
- dah — Contraction of 'de' and 'a', meaning 'of the'
- água
- AH-gwah — Water, essential liquid for life
- fervente
- fer-VEN-teh — Boiling or extremely hot liquid
- Água
- AH-gwah — Water, essential liquid for life
- morna
- MOR-nah — Lukewarm or mildly warm in temperature
- causa
- KAW-zah — Causes or produces a particular effect
- inflexão
- een-flek-SOWM — Inflection or bending change in structure
- rápida
- HAH-pee-dah — Quick or fast, feminine adjective form
- a
- ah — Feminine definite article meaning 'the'
- uma
- OO-mah — Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'
- temperatura
- tem-peh-rah-TOO-rah — Temperature or degree of heat or cold
- mais
- mysh — More or most, comparative adverb
- elevada
- eh-leh-VAH-dah — Elevated or higher, feminine adjective form
- não
- nowm — No or not, primary negation word
- imediata
- ee-meh-dee-AH-tah — Immediate or instant, feminine adjective form
- mas
- mahsh — But, conjunction indicating contrast
- mata
- MAH-tah — Kills or destroys living organisms
- as
- ahsh — Feminine plural definite article meaning 'the'
- folhas
- FOL-yahsh — Leaves of a plant or sheets of paper
- como
- KOH-moo — As or like, comparative conjunction
- demonstrado
- deh-mon-STRAH-doo — Demonstrated or shown through evidence
- pela
- PEH-lah — Contraction of 'por' and 'a', meaning 'by the'
- sua
- SOO-ah — Its or her, feminine possessive pronoun
- subsequente
- soob-seh-KWEN-teh — Subsequent or following after something else
- re-expansão
- heh-esh-pan-SOWM — Re-expansion or returning to a larger state
- e
- eh — And, basic coordinating conjunction
- agregação
- ah-greh-gah-SOWM — Aggregation or clumping together of particles
- do
- doo — Contraction of 'de' and 'o', meaning 'of the'
- Uma
- OO-mah — Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'one'
- ainda
- ah-EEN-dah — Still, yet or even, temporal adverb
- coagula
- kwah-GOO-lah — Coagulates or causes substances to solidify
- o
- oo — Masculine singular definite article meaning 'the'
- conteúdo
- kon-teh-OO-doo — Content or substance contained within something
- das
- dahsh — Contraction of 'de' and 'as', meaning 'of the'
- glândulas
- GLAN-doo-lahsh — Glands or organs secreting substances
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