e|vap|o|tran|spire

e|vap|o|tran|spire «ih _VAP oh tran SPYR», transitive verb, -spired, -spir|ing.

to cause the return of (water) to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration: »

Water-use efficiency can be expressed in a variety of ways, such as tons of hay or bushels of potatoes per acre-inch of water evapotranspired, crates of marketable lettuce per acre-foot of water, or as a weight ratio, kilogram per kilogram (E. G. Viets, Jr.).

╂[back formation < evapotranspiration]