ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024
Uncovering the mechanical secrets of the squirting cucumber.
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Rapid movement is rare in the plant kingdom, but a prerequisite for ballistic seed dispersal. A particularly dramatic example of rapid motion in plants is the squirting cucumber (
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