Turgors is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.
You can make 112 anagrams from letters in turgors (gorrstu).
1875-80; Late Latin, equivalent to Latin turg(ēre) to swell + -or -or1
turgor may be increased by enhancing the rate of ascent of sap or by an artificial increase of internal hydrostatic pressure.
Increase of turgor induced by irrigation enhances the rate of growth.
Restoration of turgor brings about recovery of the leaf to its normal erect position.
There is a diminution of turgor and contraction in the motile organ, resulting in the fall of leaf.
A diminution of turgor may, on the other hand, be produced by withdrawal of water through plasmolysis.
I have already described (p. 40) the effects of variation of turgor on the motile pulvinus of Mimosa.
We shall now investigate the change induced in a growing organ in the rate of growth by variation of turgor.
I shall now describe the influence of induced diminution of turgor on the rate of growth.
The movements of leaves of sensitive plants are caused by variation of turgor in the pulvinus induced by stimulus.
In Mimosa, the responsive movement is brought about by a sudden diminution of turgor in the pulvinus.