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蒸散作用 (じょうさんさよう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

蒸じょう散さん作さ用よう

Meanings

1

noun

transpiration

botany

Botanical term for the process by which plants lose water vapor, mainly through stomata in leaves.

蒸じょう散さん作さ用ようは、植しょく物ぶつが根ねから吸すい上あげた水みずを葉はから水すい蒸じょう気きとして放ほう出しゅつする現げん象しょうです。
Transpiration is the phenomenon in which plants release water absorbed from the roots as water vapor through the leaves.

Kanji

蒸steam, heat, sultry
散scatter, disperse, spend
作make, production, prepare
用

utilize, business, service

Similar words

蒸じょう散さん
蒸散 is a shorter form meaning transpiration, often used in compounds or technical contexts. 蒸散作用 explicitly includes 作用 (action/effect), emphasizing the physiological process.
光こう合ごう成せい
Photosynthesis, a related plant process that often occurs alongside transpiration.

Etymology

Compound of 蒸散 (transpiration) and 作用 (action, effect). The term is a direct translation of the English 'transpiration' in botanical contexts.