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epinasty

epinasty noun: the downward curvature of leaves etc. due to differential growth rates.

Noun

epinasty (countable and uncountable, plural epinasties)

  1. The downward curvature of leaves etc. due to differential growth rates.
  2. A nastic movement which bends a plant part (e.g. a petal) outward.

epinasty meaning in Tamil

epinasty in Tamil

மேன்முன்னிலை அசைவு

Forms of epinasty

pluralepinasties

Origin of epinasty

From epi- + -nasty. By surface analysis, epi- + -nast + -y.

Words formed from epinasty

Questions about epinasty

What does epinasty mean?
Epinasty means the downward curvature of leaves etc. due to differential growth rates.
What is epinasty in Tamil?
Epinasty in Tamil is மேன்முன்னிலை அசைவு. See Epinasty meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is epinasty?
Epinasty is a noun.
What is the plural of epinasty?
The plural of epinasty is epinasties.

Words near epinasty in the dictionary

  1. epinastic
  2. epinastically
  3. epinasties
  4. epinastine
  5. epinastism
  6. epinasty
  7. epinatrolite
  8. epinatrolith
  9. epinecral
  10. epinemin
  11. epinephelid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: epinasty (page history and authors); epinasty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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