The structure of leaf through which guttation occurs.

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Guttation:
The process of exudation of water droplets from the leaf tips is called guttation.
Guttation occurs during plants' high water pressure and low water evaporation rate.
The hydathodes are small pores through which the water drops are forced out from the leaves.
Guttation occurs through the hydathodes.

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(a) Openings on the stem through which transpiration occurs.

(b) The process by which the intact plant loses water in the form of droplets.

(d) A plant in which the stomata are sunken.

(e) The apparatus to record the rate of transpiration in a cut shoot.

(f) Any two parts of a leaf which allow transpiration.

(g) The structure in a leaf that allows guttation.

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