geotropic
Americanadjective
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Perhaps there is something about the geotropic, burrowing urge that betrays a kind of deep-seated introspection – a desire to dig, to escape further from reality, to withdraw into a private fantasy world.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2012
The corresponding control specimens all became geotropic in 8 h.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
After 24 h. several of the amputated radicles remained horizontal, but some showed a trace of geotropism, and one was plainly geotropic, for it was inclined at 40o beneath the horizon.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
Occasionally the bead remained stationary for about an hour, and then probably growth occurred on the side opposite to that which caused the geotropic curvature.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
After 48 h. some of them became strongly geotropic.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
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