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haptonasty

haptonasty noun: a nastic response to touch.

Noun

haptonasty (uncountable)

  1. A nastic response to touch.

Origin of haptonasty

From hapto- + -nasty.

Words formed from haptonasty

Questions about haptonasty

What does haptonasty mean?
Haptonasty means a nastic response to touch.
What part of speech is haptonasty?
Haptonasty is a noun.

Words near haptonasty in the dictionary

  1. haptometers
  2. haptomonad
  3. haptomonads
  4. Hapton
  5. haptonastic
  6. haptonasty
  7. haptonema
  8. haptonemas
  9. haptonemata
  10. haptonomy
  11. haptophore

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