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apheliotropic

[a-fee-lee-uh-trop-ik, -troh-pik, ap-hee-]

adjective

Botany.
  1. turning or growing away from the sun.



apheliotropic

/ əˌfiː-, æpˌhiːlɪˈɒtrəˌpɪzəm, əˌfiː-, æpˌhiːlɪəˈtrɒpɪk /

adjective

  1. biology growing in a direction away from the sunlight

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • apheliotropically adverb
  • apheliotropism noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of apheliotropic1

First recorded in 1875–80; ap- 2 + heliotropic
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of apheliotropic1

C19: see apo- , heliotropic
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Example Sentences

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Apheliotropic, a-fē-li-o-trop′ik, adj. turning away from the sun.

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Both tracings showed that the apheliotropic movement was a modified form of circumnutation.

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Apheliotropic movements are comparatively rare in a well-marked degree, excepting with sub-aërial roots.

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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.

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It appears, therefore, that light does not determine the growth of apheliotropic parts in any uniform manner.

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