CHEMOTROPISM


Meaning of CHEMOTROPISM in English

— chemotropic /kee'meuh trop"ik, -troh"pik, kem'euh-/ , adj. — chemotropically , adv.

/ki mo"treuh piz'euhm/ , n. Biol.

oriented growth or movement in response to a chemical stimulus.

[ 1895-1900; CHEMO- + -TROPISM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .