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What would happen to a plant if watered with salt water?

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If you water a plant with salt water, it will wilt, and will eventually die. This is due to the fact that the salt water is a hypertonic solution when compared to the plant cells, and water inside the plant cells will diffuse by osmosis out of the cells in order to reduce the concentration of the salt solution.
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