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expirant rare.|ɛkˈspaɪərənt|
In 9 erron. expirent.
[ad. L. ex(s)pīrant-em, pr. pple. of ex(s)pīrāre: see expire.]
a. (See quot. 1846.)
b. nonce-wd. A name for a supposed vessel in plants, which assists in evaporation or perspiration.
1836I. Taylor Phys. Th. Another Life (1858) 156 The Mechanical adjustment of parts, as seen..in the vessels, the absorbents, the expirents, the flower..the seed. 1846Worcester, Expirant, one who expires [citing I. Taylor: but see prec. quot.]. So1864in Webster, and in later Dicts. |