First Known Use: 1938
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evapotranspiration
noun evapo·trans·pi·ra·tion \i-ˈva-pō-ˌtran(t)-spə-ˈrā-shən\
Definition of EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
: loss of water from the soil both by evaporation and by transpiration from the plants growing thereon
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Origin of EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
evaporation + transpiration
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