DIATROPISM


Meaning of DIATROPISM in English

— diatropic /duy'euh trop"ik, -troh"pik/ , adj.

/duy a"treuh piz'euhm/ , n. Bot.

the tendency of some plant organs to take a transverse position to the line of action of an outside stimulus.

[ DIA- + TROPISM ]

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