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heliotropisms

heliotropisms is the plural of heliotropism.

Meaning of heliotropism

Noun

heliotropism (countable and uncountable, plural heliotropisms)

  1. The property of some plants of turning under the influence of light; either positively (towards the light) or negatively (away from the light).
    • As soon as the faintest ray of light reaches a seedling, heliotropism will guide it through any crack in the soil, or through an entangled mass of overlying vegetation; […]1880 November 6, Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin, chapter XII, in The Power of Movement in Plants, page 555

Questions about heliotropisms

What is heliotropisms the plural of?
Heliotropisms is the plural of heliotropism.

Words near heliotropisms in the dictionary

  1. heliotropical
  2. heliotropically
  3. heliotropicity
  4. heliotropin
  5. heliotropism
  6. heliotropisms
  7. heliotropy
  8. heliotropyl
  9. heliotype
  10. heliotyped
  11. heliotypes

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