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apheliotropic

apheliotropic adjective: turning away from the sun; said of leaves, etc.

Adjective

apheliotropic (not comparable)

  1. Turning away from the sun; said of leaves, etc.
    • 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

Origin of apheliotropic

From apo- + heliotropic.

Words formed from apheliotropic

Questions about apheliotropic

What does apheliotropic mean?
Apheliotropic means turning away from the sun; said of leaves, etc.
What part of speech is apheliotropic?
Apheliotropic is an adjective.

Words near apheliotropic in the dictionary

  1. aphelinids
  2. aphelinine
  3. aphelinines
  4. aphelion
  5. aphelions
  6. apheliotropic
  7. apheliotropically
  8. apheliotropism
  9. apheliscine
  10. aphelium
  11. aphemia

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