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hydrotropism

hydrotropism noun: the movement of a plant (or other organism) in response to water, either towards or away from water.

Noun

hydrotropism (usually uncountable, plural hydrotropisms)

  1. (usually) The movement of a plant (or other organism) in response to water, either towards or away from water.

hydrotropism meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Tagalog

hydrotropism in Tamil

நீர்தூண்டுதிருப்பம்

hydrotropism in Kannada

ನೀರುಸೆಳೆತ, ನೀರಿಗೋಲುವೆ

hydrotropism in Tagalog

the movement of an organism either towards or away from water
danumbaling

Forms of hydrotropism

pluralhydrotropisms

Origin of hydrotropism

From hydro- + -tropism.

Questions about hydrotropism

What does hydrotropism mean?
Hydrotropism means the movement of a plant (or other organism) in response to water, either towards or away from water.
What is hydrotropism in Tamil?
Hydrotropism in Tamil is நீர்தூண்டுதிருப்பம். See Hydrotropism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hydrotropism?
Hydrotropism is a noun.
What is the plural of hydrotropism?
The plural of hydrotropism is hydrotropisms.

Words near hydrotropism in the dictionary

  1. hydrotropes
  2. hydrotrophic
  3. hydrotrophy
  4. hydrotropic
  5. hydrotropically
  6. hydrotropism
  7. hydrotropisms
  8. hydrotropy
  9. hydrotubation
  10. hydrotubations
  11. hydrotungstite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydrotropism (page history and authors); hydrotropism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hydrotropism (Kannada 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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