Pertaining to the hygroscope; capable of imbibing moisture.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture.
2. Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of moisture, as glass, etc.
The property possessed by vegetable tissues of absorbing or discharging moisture according to circumstances.
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