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apheliotropic
[a-fee-lee-uh-trop-ik, -troh-pik, ap-hee-]
adjective
turning or growing away from the sun.
apheliotropic
/ əˌfiː-, æpˌhiːlɪˈɒtrəˌpɪzəm, əˌfiː-, æpˌhiːlɪəˈtrɒpɪk /
adjective
biology growing in a direction away from the sunlight
Other 51Թ Forms
- apheliotropically adverb
- apheliotropism noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of apheliotropic1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of apheliotropic1
Example Sentences
Apheliotropic, a-fē-li-o-trop′ik, adj. turning away from the sun.
Both tracings showed that the apheliotropic movement was a modified form of circumnutation.
Apheliotropic movements are comparatively rare in a well-marked degree, excepting with sub-aërial roots.
Dahlia, circumnutation of young leaves, 244-246 Dalea alopecuroides, leaflets depressed at night, 354 Darkness, effect of, on the movement of leaves, 407 Darlingtonia Californica, its leaves or pitchers apheliotropic, 450, n.
It appears, therefore, that light does not determine the growth of apheliotropic parts in any uniform manner.
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