[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
THIGMOTROPISM
Meaning of THIGMOTROPISM in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012