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
Of 5 cauterised radicles of Gossypium herbaceum, 4 remained horizontal for 23 h. and 1 became slightly geotropic; 6 control radicles were distinctly geotropic in 7 h.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
After 24 h., and again after 32 h. from the commencement, four of the cauterised radicles were still horizontal, but one was plainly geotropic, being inclined at 45o beneath the horizon.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
After 24 h. all the latter were geotropic; and the ten with their tips cauterised on the upper side were equally geotropic; and we believe that they became curved downwards before the controls.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
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 Darwin, Charles
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