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photoepinasty

photoepinasty noun: a disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface of dorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposure to light.

Noun

photoepinasty (uncountable)

  1. A disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface of dorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposure to light.
    • a clear cut relation is shown between these photoresponses and the induced photoepinasty1990, B. Millet, H. Greppin, Intra-and Intercellular Communications in Plants

Origin of photoepinasty

From photo- + epinasty.

Questions about photoepinasty

What does photoepinasty mean?
Photoepinasty means a disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface of dorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposure to light.
What part of speech is photoepinasty?
Photoepinasty is a noun.

Words near photoepinasty in the dictionary

  1. photoenzymes
  2. photoepilepsies
  3. photoepilepsy
  4. photoepileptic
  5. photoepinastic
  6. photoepinasty
  7. photoequilibria
  8. photoequilibrium
  9. photoequivalence
  10. photoessay
  11. photoessays

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