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A gland is an organ in an animal's body that synthesizes a substance for release. Gland may also refer to: Gland (botany) , a secretory structure on a plant that produces a sticky, viscous substance Gland, Aisne , a commune in the Aisne département , in ...

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The parent form of Dionaea and Aldrovanda seems to have been closely allied to Drosera, and to have had rounded leaves, supported on distinct footstalks, and furnished with tentacles all round the circumference, with other tentacles and sessile glands on the upper surface.

The healing amnionic fluid generated by the spore-forming glands, after the transparent amber sphere had enclosed him, offered Lavon his only chance.

When you do that, you remover debris, stimulate small glands to secrete oil for a tear film that covers the eyes like Saran Wrap, and simulate your own tears, which are antibacterial and hydrate the cornea.

The modern Martian now has separate antimorph glands, located near the adrenals.

On the other hand, the glands on which the seeds of the Rumex and Avena rested continued to secrete for nine days.

I looked at it again after the interval of an hour, the glands were blackened, and there was wellmarked aggregation.

The glands were blackened from the aggregation of their protoplasmic contents.

The glands which had been in contact with them, instead of being much blackened, were of a very pale colour, and many of them were evidently killed.

On the third day the glands in contact with the haematin were blackened, and some of the tentacles seemed injured.

This result is analogous to that which follows from the immersion of leaves in a strong solution of one part of the carbonate to 109, or 146, or even 218 of water, for the leaves are then paralysed and no inflection ensues, though the glands are blackened, and the protoplasm in the cells of the tentacles undergoes strong aggregation.

The glands on the central disc were blackened, and had ceased secreting.

No movement ensued, but some few of the glands were blackened and shrivelled, whilst many became quite pale.

A piece of leaf immersed in a few drops of a solution of one part of carbonate of ammonia to 437 of water had all the glands blackened and all the tentacles inflected in 5 m.

The first effect of the carbonate and of certain other salts of ammonia, as well as of some other fluids, is the darkening or blackening of the glands.

The purple fluid or granular matter which fills the cells of the glands differs to a certain extent from that within the cells of the pedicels.