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diatropism

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di⋅at⋅ro⋅pism

  [dahy-a-truh-piz-uhm]
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–noun Botany.
the tendency of some plant organs to take a transverse position to the line of action of an outside stimulus.
Origin:
dia- + tropism

Related forms:
di⋅a⋅trop⋅ic  [dahy-uh-trop-ik, -troh-pik] , adjective
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di·at·ro·pism   (dī-āt'rə-pĭz'əm)   
n.  The tendency of certain plants or their parts to arrange themselves at right angles to a stimulus.
di'a·trop'ic (dī'ə-trŏp'ĭk, -trō'pĭk) adj.
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