Usually means: Pressure that keeps plants rigid.
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  3. turgor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  8. turgor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  1. turgor: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (turgor)

noun:  Turgidity.
noun:  (physics) The pressure produced by a solution in a space that is enclosed by a differentially permeable membrane.
noun:  (botany) Turgor pressure is the force or pressure within the cell exerted by fluid that presses the cell membrane against the cell wall.

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