OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 29631

tropism

/ˈtɹəʊpɪz(ə)m/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
tropismo
The turning of an organism (chiefly a plant) or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; (countable) an instance of this.
Orientation and tropism are synonymous expressions; that gatherings [of Paramecium] take place is a consequence of the orientation, and therefore throws no light whatever upon the…
Phototropic orientation of an embryo plant in zero gravity […] On earth, a germinated seedling can be placed in any position and the radicle will invariably turn the embryo plant "…
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