NYCTITROPISM


Meaning of NYCTITROPISM in English

nikˈti.trəˌpizəm noun

( -s )

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary nyct- + -tropism

: a sleep movement in plants characterized by response to a stimulus that is greatest or exclusively from one direction — compare nyctinasty

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