expulsive

Adjective

(comparative more expulsive, superlative most expulsive)

Tending to expel or resulting in expulsion.

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The tissues of an animal or plant are all under a certain pressure, caused, in the one case, by the expulsive action of the heart and the restraint of the skin and other elastic tissues, and, in the other case, by the force of the rising sap and the restraint of the periderm or bark.

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