nyctinastic
nyctinastic adjective: relating to nyctinasty, the movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness.
Adjective
nyctinastic (not comparable)
- Relating to nyctinasty, the movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness.
- Synonyms:
- nyctitropic
nyctinastic meaning in Tamil
nyctinastic in Tamil
- உறக்குமுன்னிலைக்குரிய
Synonyms of nyctinastic
Origin of nyctinastic
From nyctinasty + -ic. By surface analysis, nycti- + -nast + -ic.
Words that rhyme with nyctinastic
- plastic
- elastic
- fantastic
- bombastic
- mastic
- spastic
- heteroplastic
- inelastic
- periphrastic
- pleonastic
- aclastic
- alloplastic
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- anaclastic
- anaplastic
- anticlastic
- aplastic
- autoplastic
- basiplastic
- ceroplastic
- chiastic
- clastic
- cosmoplastic
- drastic
- encomiastic
- enthusiastic
- epispastic
- gelastic
- gymnastic
- heteroblastic
- holophrastic
- homoblastic
- homoplastic
- macroplastic
- normoplastic
- onomastic
- paraphrastic
- sarcastic
- synclastic
- achondroplastic
- agelastic
- antineoplastic
- antiphrastic
- antispastic
- apicoplastic
- autoschediastic
- cataclastic
- chiliastic
- conplastic
- cranioplastic
- docimastic
- dramastic
- dynastic
- dysplastic
- ecclesiastic
- ectoblastic
- ectoplastic
- electroplastic
- emplastic
- epiblastic
- epinastic
Questions about nyctinastic
- What does nyctinastic mean?
- Nyctinastic means relating to nyctinasty, the movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness.
- What is nyctinastic in Tamil?
- Nyctinastic in Tamil is உறக்குமுன்னிலைக்குரிய. See Nyctinastic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is nyctinastic?
- Nyctinastic is an adjective.
Words near nyctinastic in the dictionary
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