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haptotropic

haptotropic adjective: of or pertaining to haptotropism; moving when touched.

Adjective

haptotropic (comparative more haptotropic, superlative most haptotropic)

  1. Of or pertaining to haptotropism; moving when touched
  2. Describing the movement of clusters of atoms between two ligands or other groups

Forms of haptotropic

comparativemore haptotropic
superlativemost haptotropic

Origin of haptotropic

From hapto- + -tropic.

Words formed from haptotropic

Questions about haptotropic

What does haptotropic mean?
Haptotropic means of or pertaining to haptotropism; moving when touched.
What part of speech is haptotropic?
Haptotropic is an adjective.

Words near haptotropic in the dictionary

  1. haptotatic
  2. haptotax
  3. haptotaxic
  4. haptotaxing
  5. haptotaxis
  6. haptotropic
  7. haptotropically
  8. haptotropics
  9. haptotropism
  10. hapu
  11. hapu'u

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