heliotropism

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heliotropism

noun heliotropisms

  1. countable, uncountable The property of some plants of turning under the influence of light; either positively (towards the light) or negatively (away from the light). As soon as the faintest ray of light reaches a seedling, heliotropism will guide it through any crack in the soil, or through an entangled mass of overlying vegetation; […]

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noun motion of plants under light

Españolheliotropismo
Portuguêsheliotropismo
Françaishéliotropisme
Italianoeliotropismo
Русскийгелиотропи́зм geliotropízm

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@misc{heliotropism_2026,
  title = {heliotropism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/heliotropism},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}