THIGMOTROPISM


Meaning of THIGMOTROPISM in English

[thig.mot.ro.pism] n [Gk thigma + ISV -o- + -tropism] (ca. 1900): a tropism in which contact esp. with a solid or a rigid surface is the orienting factor

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