apheliotropic
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of apheliotropic
First recorded in 1875–80; ap- 2 + heliotropic
Example Sentences
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The stems of very young plants of Tropaeolum majus are highly heliotropic, whilst those of older plants, according to Sachs, are slightly apheliotropic.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
This is the case with the radicles of Sinapis alba, which are plainly apheliotropic; nevertheless, they grow quicker in darkness than in light.*
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
Bignonia capreolata: apheliotropic movement of a tendril, traced on a horizontal glass from 6.45 A.M.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
The sub-aërial roots observed by Wiesner were all apheliotropic, and this, no doubt, is of use in bringing them into contact with trunks of trees or surfaces of rock, as is their habit.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
They were thus placed because De Vries says* that they are apheliotropic when exposed to the light of the sun; but we could not perceive any effect from the above feeble degree of illumination.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin
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