circumnutation
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of circumnutation
C19: from circum- + -nutate, from Latin nūtāre to nod repeatedly, sway
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Brassica oleracea: conjoint circumnutation of the hypocotyl and cotyledons during 10 hours 45 minutes.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
The nature of the movement is thus a successive nodding to all the points of the compass, whence it is called by Darwin circumnutation.
From Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; from Seed to Leaf by Jane H. Newell
Saxifraga sarmentosa: circumnutation of an inclined stolon, traced in darkness on a horizontal glass, from 7.45 A.M.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
Cotyledon umbilicus: circumnutation and downward movement of another stolon, traced on vertical glass, from 9.11 A.M.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
Oxalis carnosa: flower-stem, feebly illuminated from above, its circumnutation traced from 9 A.M.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
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