exudate

[ eks-yoo-deyt, ek-suh-, eg-zuh- ]

noun

1. a substance exuded; exudation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of exudate¹

First recorded in 1875–80; exude + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

In return, the plant roots produce an exudate that feeds the fungi.

From Seattle Times

If we or people around us had blasted out a different sort of bodily eruption with so little effort at containment, and with significant exudate, something would have to be done.

From Washington Post

Of course, we haven’t evolved a proclivity for gulping toxic molecules, or an inclination toward injecting the exudate from unripe poppy seeds, or any number of other striking strategies for muting and mutating consciousness, in and for themselves.

From Scientific American

Of course, we haven’t evolved a proclivity for gulping toxic molecules, or an inclination toward injecting the exudate from unripe poppy seeds, or any number of other striking strategies for muting and mutating consciousness, in and for themselves.

From Scientific American

Me: Yeah, and I don’t care that your mustard is blindingly yellow, a color that does not occur in nature or even any known petrochemical exudate.

From Washington Post

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