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diageotropic

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di⋅a⋅ge⋅o⋅trop⋅ic

  [dahy-uh-jee-uh-trop-ik, -troh-pik]
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–adjective Botany.
(of a plant part) growing at a right angle to the direction of gravity.
Origin:
1875–80; dia- + geotropic
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di·a·ge·ot·ro·pism   (dī'ə-jē-ŏt'rə-pĭz'əm)   
n.   Botany
The tendency of growing parts, such as roots, to become oriented at right angles to the direction of gravitational force.
di'a·ge'o·trop'ic (-ə-trŏp'ĭk, -trō'pĭk) adj.
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