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heliotropism

noun

Etymology

From helio- + -tropism.

  1. derived from τρόπος — “a turn, way, manner, style, a trope or figure of speech, a mode in music, a mode or mood in logic”
  2. derived from tropus
  3. formed as heliotropism — “helio- + -tropism”

Definitions

  1. The property of some plants of turning under the influence of light

    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; […]
    • A field of young sunflowers will slowly rotate from east to west during the course of a sunny day, each leaf seeking out as much sunlight as possible as the sun moves across the sky through an adaptation called heliotropism.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA