diageotropism

American

[dahy-uh-jee-o-truh-piz-uhm] / ˌdaɪ ə dʒiˈɒ trəˌpɪz əm /

noun

Botany.

diageotropic tendency or growth.

diageotropism British

/ ˌdaɪədʒɪˈɒtrəˌpɪzəm, ˌdaɪəˌdʒiːəʊˈtrɒpɪk /

noun

a diatropic response of plant parts, such as rhizomes, to the stimulus of gravity

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

diageotropic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of diageotropism

First recorded in 1875–80; dia- + geotropism

Example Sentences

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If displaced they resume, as Sachs has shown, their original sub-horizontal position; and this apparently is due to diageotropism.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

The benefits derived from geotropism, apogeotropism, and diageotropism, are generally so manifest that they need not be specified.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

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