apogeotropic
English
Etymology
apo- + geotropic
Adjective
apogeotropic (not comparable)
- Opposite to geotropic; thus:
- (botany) Bending away from the ground; said of leaves, etc.
- 1880, Charles Darwin, The Power of Movement in Plants
- apogeotropic movement of cotyledons
- 1880, Charles Darwin, The Power of Movement in Plants
- (medicine) Tending skyward, as with apogeotropic nystagmus.
- (botany) Bending away from the ground; said of leaves, etc.
Translations
bending away from the ground
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for apogeotropic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)