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diatropism

American

[dahy-a-truh-piz-uhm] / daɪˈæ trəˌpɪz əm /

noun

Botany.

the tendency of some plant organs to take a transverse position to the line of action of an outside stimulus.

diatropism British

/ daɪˈætrəˌpɪzəm /

noun

a response of plants or parts of plants to an external stimulus by growing at right angles to the direction of the stimulus

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diatropic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of diatropism

dia- + tropism

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