“A special type of beneficial root fungi, called mycorrhizae, actually grow into plant roots, feeding off plant sap but also providing water and nutrients to the plant.”
“They were fresh and flourishing, full of sap and vigor, though many of them had been born long before him.”
“They may meet with a measure of success for a time, till the sap of youth is gone out of them.”
sapsucker
A woodpecker of the eastern United States (of the genus Sphyrapicus) that feeds mainly on the sap of trees
Any woodpecker that punctures the bark of trees and feeds upon the sap.
“A small woodpecker flew into a tree above me, and when I saw its slender profile and long bill, I thought it must be a sapsucker.”
“Immature birds have been observed eating sap from sapsucker holes in trees.”
“Our latest visitor, number 138, was a woodpecker, a yellow-bellied sapsucker.”
sapper
One who saps; specifically, one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like. Often known as a combat engineer or military engineer.
(Britain, colloquial) An officer or private of the Royal Engineers.
“A special type of beneficial root fungi, called mycorrhizae, actually grow into plant roots, feeding off plant sap but also providing water and nutrients to the plant.”
“They were fresh and flourishing, full of sap and vigor, though many of them had been born long before him.”
“They may meet with a measure of success for a time, till the sap of youth is gone out of them.”
sap
(countable, US, slang) A short wooden club; a leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack.
“A special type of beneficial root fungi, called mycorrhizae, actually grow into plant roots, feeding off plant sap but also providing water and nutrients to the plant.”
“They were fresh and flourishing, full of sap and vigor, though many of them had been born long before him.”
“They may meet with a measure of success for a time, till the sap of youth is gone out of them.”
