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Nyctitropism

[nik-ti-trop-ik, -troh-pik]

adjective Botany.

tending to assume at or just before nightfall positions unlike those maintained during the day, as the leaves or flowers of certain plants.

Origin:
1875–80; nycti- + -tropic

Related forms

nyc·tit·ro·pism

[nik-ti-truh-piz-uhm] , noun

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nyctitropism (nɪkˈtɪtrəˌpɪzəm)

—n
	a tendency of some plant parts to assume positions at night that are different from their daytime positions

[C19: nyct-, from Greek nukt-, nux night + -tropism]

nyctitropic

—*adj*

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