ANISOTROPISMS | • anisotropisms n. Plural of anisotropism. • ANISOTROPISM n. the state of being anisotropic. |
APOGEOTROPISM | • apogeotropism n. (Botany) An apogeotropic tendency. • APOGEOTROPISM n. bending up or away from the ground. |
CHEMOTROPISMS | • chemotropisms n. Plural of chemotropism. • CHEMOTROPISM n. plant growth in the direction of a particular chemical. |
DIAGEOTROPISM | • diageotropism n. (Botany) The tendency of plant organs, such as roots, to assume a position oblique or transverse to… • DIAGEOTROPISM n. the tendency of roots to orient perpendicular to gravity. |
GRAVITROPISMS | Sorry, definition not available. |
HAPTOTROPISMS | • HAPTOTROPISM n. curving in response to touch, as a tendril. |
HELIOTROPISMS | • heliotropisms n. Plural of heliotropism. • HELIOTROPISM n. the movement of plants towards sunlight. |
HYDROTROPISMS | • hydrotropisms n. Plural of hydrotropism. • HYDROTROPISM n. growth in the direction of water. |
NYCTITROPISMS | • NYCTITROPISM n. the assumption by plants of certain positions at night, esp. ones different from daytime positions. |
ORTHOTROPISMS | • ORTHOTROPISM n. vertical growth. |
PHOTOTROPISMS | • phototropisms n. Plural of phototropism. • PHOTOTROPISM n. movement directed by light. |
PLAGIOTROPISM | • plagiotropism n. (Biology) The growth of a plant at an orientation to the angle of a stimulus. • PLAGIOTROPISM n. the tendency to grow at an oblique or horizontal angle. |
PLEIOTROPISMS | • pleiotropisms n. Plural of pleiotropism. • PLEIOTROPISM n. the state of being pleiotropic, having an effect simultaneously on more than one character in the offspring. |
STEREOTROPISM | • stereotropism n. Thigmatropism. • STEREOTROPISM n. the tendency to bend or turn in response to contact with a solid object. |
THERMOTROPISM | • thermotropism n. (Botany) Thermotropic movement of a plant or plant part in response to changes in temperature. • THERMOTROPISM n. the growth of organism as influenced by heat. |
THIGMOTROPISM | • thigmotropism n. (Biology) Growth or motion in response to touch. • THIGMOTROPISM n. the response of an organism to direct contact with a surface, e.g. a creeping plant that twines itself around a support. |
TROPHOTROPISM | • trophotropism n. The movements of the organs in a growing plant, as towards nutrient substances, induced by the chemical… • TROPHOTROPISM n. direction of growth by nutritional factors. |