TROPISM


Meaning of TROPISM in English

— tropismatic /troh'piz mat"ik/ , adj. — tropistic /troh pis"tik/ , adj.

/troh"piz euhm/ , n. Biol.

an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, esp. by growth rather than by movement.

[ 1895-1900; independent use of -TROPISM ]

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