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Exudate

//ˈɛksjʊdət// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A fluid that has exuded from somewhere; especially one that has exuded from a pore of an animal or plant.

    "The whitish lines of exudate seem at times to penetrate even between the straight tubes . . ."

  2. 2
    a substance that oozes out from plant pores wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To exude. obsolete

    "There is, hereto, no derivation of the seminal parts, nor any passage from hence, unto the vessels of ejaculation: some perforations only in the part itself, through which the humour included doth exudate"

  2. 2
    release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From exude + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

Back-formation from exudation, on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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