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noun Biology.
oriented growth of an organism in response to mechanical contact, as a plant tendril coiling around a string support.
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Thigmotropism
is always a great word to know.
So is mimicry. Does it mean:
| the close external resemblance of an organism to some different organism, such that it benefits from mistaken identity, as seeming to be unpalatable |
| a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor |
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thigmotropism thig·mot·ro·pism (thĭg-mŏt'rə-pĭz'əm)
n.
The turning or bending response of an organism or part of an organism upon direct contact with a solid surface or object. Also called stereotropism.
thig'mo·trop'ic (thĭg'mə-trŏp'ĭk, -trō'pĭk)
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