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diageotropism
[dahy-uh-jee-o-truh-piz-uhm]
noun
diageotropic tendency or growth.
diageotropism
/ ˌdaɪədʒɪˈɒtrəˌpɪzəm, ˌdaɪəˌdʒiːəʊˈtrɒpɪk /
noun
a diatropic response of plant parts, such as rhizomes, to the stimulus of gravity
Other 51Թ Forms
- diageotropic adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of diageotropism1
Example Sentences
In like manner positive geotropism, or bending towards the centre of the earth, will be called by us geotropism; apogeotropism will mean bending in opposition to gravity or from the centre of the earth; and diageotropism, a position more or less transverse to the radius of the earth.
The benefits derived from geotropism, apogeotropism, and diageotropism, are generally so manifest that they need not be specified.
If displaced they resume, as Sachs has shown, their original sub-horizontal position; and this apparently is due to diageotropism.
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