EPINASTY


Meaning of EPINASTY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈe-pə-ˌnas-tē ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary epi- + Greek nast os close-pressed (from nassein to press) + International Scientific Vocabulary -y (II)

Date: 1880

: a nastic movement in which a plant part (as a flower petal) is bent outward and often downward

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