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potometer|pəʊˈtɒmɪtə(r)| [f. as prec. + -meter.] An instrument for measuring the amount of water absorbed by a growing plant.
1884F. Darwin in Nature 1 May 7 An ingenious instrument..the Potometer. It is a modification of Sachs' apparatus for determining the amount of water which a cut branch absorbs in a given time. 1895in Syd. Soc. Lex. |