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shootward

shootward adjective: toward the shoot of a plant.

Adjective

shootward (not comparable)

  1. Toward the shoot of a plant.
    • In Arabidopsis roots, cold stress may reduce shootward auxin transport and alter the intracellular auxin gradient.2015 July 2, Yang Y-W, Chen H-C, Jen W-F, Liu L-Y, Chang M-C, “Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Shoots and Roots of TNG67 and TCN1 Rice Seedlings under Cold Stress and Following Subsequent...

Origin of shootward

From shoot + -ward.

Questions about shootward

What does shootward mean?
Shootward means toward the shoot of a plant.
What part of speech is shootward?
Shootward is an adjective.

Words near shootward in the dictionary

  1. shoots the shit
  2. shoots through
  3. shoots through like a Bondi tram
  4. shoots trouble
  5. shoots up
  6. shootward
  7. shooty
  8. shootynge
  9. shoowee
  10. shop
  11. shop around

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