apheliotropic
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of apheliotropic
First recorded in 1875–80; ap- 2 + heliotropic
Example Sentences
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Bignonia capreolata: apheliotropic movement of a tendril, traced on a horizontal glass from 6.45 A.M.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
Both tracings showed that the apheliotropic movement was a modified form of circumnutation.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
Dahlia, circumnutation of young leaves, 244-246 Dalea alopecuroides, leaflets depressed at night, 354 Darkness, effect of, on the movement of leaves, 407 Darlingtonia Californica, its leaves or pitchers apheliotropic, 450, n.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
It appears, therefore, that light does not determine the growth of apheliotropic parts in any uniform manner.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
Some tendrils which consist of modified leaves—organs in all ordinary cases strongly diaheliotropic—have been rendered apheliotropic, and their tips crawl into any dark crevice.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
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