HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Plant cells become “turgid” when they are put in dilute solutions. Turgid means swollen and hard. The pressure inside the cell rises, eventually the internal pressure of the cell is so high that no more water can enter the cell. This liquid or hydrostatic pressure works against osmosis.

Detailed explanation-2: -Turgidity is a cellular phenomenon of cell swelling because of the absorption of high fluid content. The cells take up water and it gets stored in vacuoles resulting in swelling of cells. Turgidity occurs because of the presence of the cell wall and the osmoregulatory effect of the vacuole.

Detailed explanation-3: -Turgid describes something that’s swollen, typically by fluids, like a turgid water balloon that’s way too big to resist dropping on your friend’s head. Turgid comes from the Latin word turgidus, meaning “swollen, inflated.” Turgid can be used in a figurative sense to describe things that are overblown.

Detailed explanation-4: -Endosmosis is when the cell is kept in hypotonic solution, water flows inside causing it to swell up.