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diatropism

[dahy-a-truh-piz-uhm]

noun

Botany.

  1. the tendency of some plant organs to take a transverse position to the line of action of an outside stimulus.

diatropism

/ daɪˈætrəˌpɪzəm, ˌdaɪəˈtrɒpɪk /

noun

  1. a response of plants or parts of plants to an external stimulus by growing at right angles to the direction of the stimulus

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of diatropism1

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