aerotropic
aerotropic adjective: growing towards higher concentrations of oxygen.
Adjective
aerotropic (not comparable)
- growing towards higher concentrations of oxygen
- According to him, roots are positively aerotropic, a root executing a curvature tending to bring the apex in the direction of the highest oxygen concentration, while pollen tubes growing in water are in this sense negatively aerotropic.1950, Walter Stiles, An Introduction to the Principles of Plant Physiology
- The branches of the main root tend to be aerotropic, whether they are in shallow water or mud or deeply submerged.1894, American Microscopical Society, Proceedings of the American Microscopical Society
Examples of aerotropic in a sentence
- The horizontal growth of the roots upon the water is an aerotropic movement determined by the high oxygen-content of the uppermost water-layer.1921, Frederic Edward Clements, Aeration and Air-content: The Rôle of Oxygen in Root Activity:
- The lower portion of this aerotropic root-branch bears numerous laterals which grow downward, in a positively geotropic direction.1972, Excerpta botanica: Taxonomica et chorologica. Sectio A:
Origin of aerotropic
From aero- + -tropic, see also aerotropism.
Words that rhyme with aerotropic
- topic
- microscopic
- polytropic
- telescopic
- tropic
- catascopic
- megascopic
- monotropic
- myopic
- tonotopic
- allotopic
- diascopic
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- dystropic
- ectopic
- fibroscopic
- gonadotropic
- macroscopic
- microendoscopic
- monoscopic
- polytopic
- proctoscopic
- rhinoscopic
- thermoscopic
- thermotropic
- acroscopic
- adrenocorticotropic
- Afrotropic
- allotropic
- amblyopic
- ametropic
- anascopic
- anoscopic
- anthropic
- antigonadotropic
- antitropic
- antroscopic
- apocopic
- arthroscopic
- arthrotropic
- asthenopic
- astroscopic
- atopic
- auriscopic
- autoscopic
- autostereoscopic
- baroscopic
- barotropic
- basiscopic
- bathmotropic
- bioscopic
- bronchoscopic
- brontoscopic
- chemotropic
- chromatophorotropic
- chromoendoscopic
- chromotropic
- chronoscopic
- chronotopic
- chronotropic
- colorectoscopic
Questions about aerotropic
- What does aerotropic mean?
- Aerotropic means growing towards higher concentrations of oxygen.
- How do you use aerotropic in a sentence?
- The horizontal growth of the roots upon the water is an aerotropic movement determined by the high oxygen-content of the uppermost water-layer.
- What part of speech is aerotropic?
- Aerotropic is an adjective.
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