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plagiotropic

American

[pley-jee-uh-trop-ik, -troh-pik] / ˌpleɪ dʒi əˈtrɒp ɪk, -ˈtroʊ pɪk /

adjective

Botany.

growing more or less divergent from the vertical.

Other Word Forms

plagiotropically adverb

Etymology

Origin of plagiotropic

First recorded in 1880–85; plagio- + -tropic

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