Name the following :
Evaporation of water from the aerial parts of the plant.

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Transpiration
Transpiration is the evaporation of water from the aerial parts of the plant.
It occurs during the daytime when the guard cells swell up and as a result of it the stomata opens for the process of photosynthesis.
When the stomata opens water is also lost in the atmosphere as a result of evaporation and this is known as transpiration.

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