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单词 expirant
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expirantn.

/ɛkˈspʌɪərənt/
Forms: In 1800s irregular expirent.
Etymology: < Latin ex(s)pīrant-em, present participle of ex(s)pīrāre : see expire v.
rare.
a. (See quot. 1846.)
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1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Expirant, one who expires [citing I. Taylor: but see quot. 1836].
So 1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. , and in later Dicts.
b. nonce-word. A name for a supposed vessel in plants, which assists in evaporation or perspiration.
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1836 I. Taylor Physical Theory Another Life (1858) 156 The Mechanical adjustment of parts, as seen..in the vessels, the absorbents, the expirents, the flower..the seed.
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