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PRONUNCIATION OF PULVINI

pulvini  [pʌlˈvaɪnaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PULVINI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Pulvini is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PULVINI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pulvinus

A pulvinus is a joint-like thickening at the base of a plant leaf or leaflet that facilitates growth-independent movement. It consists of a core of vascular tissue within a flexible, bulky cylinder of thin-walled parenchyma cells. A pulvinus is also sometimes called a geniculum. Pulvinar movement is caused by changes in turgor pressure leading to a contraction or expansion of the parenchyma tissue. The response is initiated when sucrose is unloaded from the phloem into the apoplast. The increased sugar concentration in the apoplast decreases the water potential and triggers the efflux of potassium ions from the surrounding cells. This is followed by an efflux of water, resulting in a sudden change of turgor pressure in the cells of the pulvinus. The process is similar to the mechanism of stomatal closure. Common examples for pulvinar movements include the night closure movement of legume leaves and the touch response of the sensitive plant. Nyctinastic movements are controlled by the circadian clock and light signal transduction through phytochrome.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PULVINI


acini
ˈæsɪnaɪ
Adonai
ˌædɒˈnaɪ
alumni
əˈlʌmnaɪ
Brunei
bruːˈnaɪ
Chennai
tʃɪˈnaɪ
Cygni
ˈsɪɡnaɪ
decani
dɪˈkeɪnaɪ
Delphini
dɛlˈfaɪnaɪ
deny
dɪˈnaɪ
echini
ɪˈkaɪnaɪ
Eridani
ɛˈrɪdəˌnaɪ
Gemini
ˈdʒɛmɪˌnaɪ
nigh
naɪ
nye
naɪ
Panay
pɑːˈnaɪ
rabboni
ræˈbəʊnaɪ
Sinai
ˈsaɪnaɪ
snye
snaɪ
termini
ˈtɜːmɪnaɪ
uncini
ʌnˈsaɪnaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PULVINI

pulverizable
pulverization
pulverize
pulverizer
pulverous
pulverulence
pulverulent
pulvil
pulvilio
pulvilised
pulvilized
pulvillar
pulvilli
pulvilliform
pulvillus
pulvinar
pulvinate
pulvinated
pulvinule
pulvinus

WORDS THAT END LIKE PULVINI

Agostini
Bahraini
bambini
Bellini
bikini
Bini
Boccherini
Houdini
Martini
Mazzini
mini
Mussolini
Orsini
panini
Puccini
ragini
Rimini
Rossini
Trini
zucchini

Synonyms and antonyms of pulvini in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «pulvini» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

pulvini
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pulvini
570 millions of speakers

English

pulvini
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pulvini
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pulvini
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pulvini
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pulvinos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pulvini
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pulvinus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pulvini
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pulvini
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

葉枕
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pulvini
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pulvini
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pulvini
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pulvini
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुलिविनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pulvini
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pulvini
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pulvini
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pulvini
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pulvini
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pulvini
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pulvini
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pulvini
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pulvini
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pulvini

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PULVINI»

The term «pulvini» is used very little and occupies the 178.236 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PULVINI» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pulvini

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PULVINI»

Discover the use of pulvini in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pulvini and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hormonal Regulation of Plant Growth and Development
The gravity-sensitive leaf-sheath pulvini (Fig. 11.1 A) are found in almost all members of the subfamily, Festucoideac (Pooideae), such wheat, oats, barley, and rye. In contrast, most members of the subfamilies, Panicoide- ac, Eragrostoideac, ...
S.S. Purohit, 1985
2
Physiological Plant Anatomy
In the case of Biophytum, it is only the pulvini of the pinnae that respond in this way; the motor-tissue of the petiolar pulvinus, which only executes nyctitropic movements, is thin-walled throughout. Hence thick-walled motor-cells are evidently ...
Gottlieb Haberlandt, Montagu Drummond, 1914
3
Flora of the Rocky Mountains and adjacent plains, Colorado, ...
Stem erect; internodes obovate or more oblong, 7-12 cm. long, 5-10 cm. wide; pulvini with reddish brown bristles; spines 2-4, soon becoming gray, up to 3 cm. long, the larger flattened, porrect or erect, the lower deflexed; flowers carmine; style ...
Per Axel Rydberg, 1917
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Bulletin
That the pulvini themselves, not the blades, receive the light stimuli in response to which their motion occurs in direct sunlight is demonstrable in several ways. Ab- scision of the blades does not prevent the pulvini turning upward in direct ...
Cameron, La. Gulf Biologic Station, 1902
5
Guide to Texas Grasses
Spikelets appressed and pedicels without axillary pulvini 6. ... Lower primary panicle branches, at least, divergent and with axillary pulvini. 19. Panicles narrow and contracted, usually only the lower 1 or 2 branches spreading and with pulvini .
Robert B. Shaw, 2011
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Contributions from the United States National Herbarium
The position can be changed in accommodation to the exposure, for the petioles have two pulvini, the basal rather small and the terminal very large. If we consider the pulvini as organs distinct from the petiole, the difference between the two ...
‎1916
7
Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta ...
secondary pulvini of Mimosa pudica, the masses of pulvinar parenchyma surrounding it either equal or exceed it in thickness; -whereas in the secondary pulvini of Pithecolobium saman it takes the form of a flattened band, the superior and ...
Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, 1907
8
Alfalfa and Relatives: Evolution and Classification of Medicago
In this monograph, certain species that Urban left in Trigonella (the “medicagoid Trigonella”) are added to Medicago (as sections Buceras and Lunatae) although they possess cotyledonary pulvini (for reviews of pulvini, see Wilkinson 1983 ...
Ernest Small, 2011
9
Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms
Leaves clustered or ± distant. Petiole sometimes grooved on the upper side, with one swollen area (pulvinus) at the base, another at the base of the laminate portion of the leaf and sometimes one or more pulvini in the middle region, sparsely ...
K.U. Kramer, Klaus Kubitzki, P.S. Green, 1990
10
Biology of Flowering Plants
In leaves, and in leaflets, which possess joints or pulvini, the movement is carried out by the joint, and is due to changes in turgor pressure. The leaves of a scarlet runner, for example, have a pulvinus at the base of each leaflet, and another at ...
Macgregor Skene, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PULVINI»

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1
Anas: in Gazzetta due esiti di gara per lavori di manutenzione …
La prima gara prevede interventi di manutenzione straordinaria per il ripristino, degli impalcati, delle pile e dei pulvini lungo la strada statale 107 “Silana ... «CN24TV, Jul 15»
2
Basilica di San Vitale a Ravenna
Un gran senso di leggerezza è espresso anche dai pulvini che staccano l'arco, e dai capitelli di Bisanzio dalle forme di cesti traforati; decisamente pregevoli ... «Fidelity News, Jun 15»
3
Il Rinascimento celato nel cuore di Napoli: Santa Maria alla Stella …
Il portale d'ingresso rievoca un gusto antico con arco su pulvini. Nell'absidiola s'innesta il vano di passaggio che è curvo quindi anche il portale d'ingresso ... «Vesuvio Live, Jun 15»
4
Canne della Battaglia: una mattina di primavera
... archi a tutto sesto di edifici, pulvini, ed in fondo al viale una colonna su un blocco di pietra naturale che segna la punta massima d'altura dell'abitato di Canne. «AmbienteAmbienti, Apr 15»
5
La domenica di Pasqua si rompono le uova... sode
L'anno scorso la vittoria è andata al veterano Sante Pulvini. lunedì uscita sui Colli Berici con il Cai con destinazione Calto e la cava di Zovencedo. Felice Busato. «Il Giornale di Vicenza, Apr 15»
6
Il BIM nelle infrastrutture: l'esperienza dello svincolo stradale di …
La costruzione tradizionale dei pulvini e di eventuali traversi in testata in c.a. (a 6 m di altezza dal piano campagna) richiede la casseratura, l'armatura, il getto di ... «Ingegneri - Tecnica, Cultura e Progetto, Mar 15»
7
San Vitale, la Chiesa più bella di Ravenna
... che sembrano ricamati nel marmo, che danno un senso di estrema leggerezza e di preziosità, e che acquistano un'ulteriore slancio grazie ai pulvini, elementi ... «4live.it, Mar 15»
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QUADRILATERO, CONDOR REALIZZA OPERE STRADALI IN …
I pulvini a martello sono stati sostenuti dai sistemi rampanti della Condor, tipo SRC240 e tralicci MF, data l'elevata altezze delle pile”. Attualmente, Condor è ... «Corso Italia News, Mar 15»
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Tre bandi dell'Anas per la SS 107 silana e la 682 Jonio-Tirreno
Il primo bando di gara riguarda i lavori per il ripristino degli impalcati, delle pile e dei pulvini, in tratti saltuari della strada statale 107 “Silana-Crotonese”, tra il km ... «Giornale di Calabria, Dec 14»
10
18/12/2014 - Lavori tra Isernia e Campobasso, domani in Gazzetta il …
Il primo bando prevede i lavori di consolidamento dei trasversi, il risanamento corticale delle travi e dei pulvini, oltre alla sostituzione degli apparecchi di ... «Primonumero.it, Dec 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pulvini [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pulvini>. Apr 2024 ».
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