Imbibition

Imbibition is the act of consuming liquids, the absorption of a liquid. It is the act of imbibing which is caused when the taking up of fluid by a colloidal system results in swelling. It is reversible and is exhibited by many biological compounds, particularly by cell-wall constituents such as pectin, celluloses, and lignin. (http://botanydictionary.org/imbibition.html)

(This is an example of imbibition, the plant is consuming the liquid of water from the blue circular water container and absorbing it allow photosynthesis to occur to feed itself.)