nastic

[nas-tik]

nas·tic

[nas-tik]
adjective Botany.
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.

Origin:
1900–10; < Greek nast(ós) pressed close, stamped down, firm (equivalent to nad- stem of nássein to press, squeeze + -tos past participle suffix, with dt > st) + -ic

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Nastic is always a great word to know.
So is bryophytes. Does it mean:
plants without a xylem and phloem to transport fluid and nutrients internally
phylum of green, nonvascular, seedless plants comprised of true mosses, hornworts and liverworts
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-nastic

a combining form occurring in adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -nasty: hyponastic.

Origin:
see nastic
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