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-trope

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-trope

a combining form meaning “one turned toward” that specified by the initial element (heliotrope); also occurring in concrete nouns that correspond to abstract nouns ending in -tropy or -tropism: allotrope.

Origin:
< Greek -tropos; see trope, tropo-
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-trope is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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-trope
 
n combining form
indicating a turning towards, development in the direction of, or affinity to: heliotrope
 
[from Greek tropos a turn]

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-trope
comb. form meaning "that which turns," from Gk. tropos (see trope).
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