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Apheliotropic
A-pheˊli-o-trop′ic
,Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK] + [GREEK] sun + [GREEK] belonging to a turning.]
Turning away from the sun; – said of leaves, etc.
Darwin.
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apheliotropic
apheliotropic
English
Adjective
apheliotropic (not comparable)
- Turning away from the sun; said of leaves, etc.
- 1880, Charles Darwin, The power of movement in plants (London: John Murray, p. 450-451) online:
- But some tendrils are apheliotropic, for instance those of Bignonia capreolata and of Smilax aspera; and the stems of some plants which climb by rootlets, as those of the Ivy and Tecoma radicans, are likewise apheliotropic, and they thus find a support.
- 1880, Charles Darwin, The power of movement in plants (London: John Murray, p. 450-451) online: