heliotropism
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heliotropism (countable and uncountable, plural heliotropisms)
- The property of some plants of turning under the influence of light; either positively (towards the light) or negatively (away from the light)
- 1880 November 6, Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin, chapter XII, in The Power of Movement in Plants[1], page 555:
- 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; […]
- 2012, Staff (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Sunflowers inspire more efficient solar power system, R&D Magazine, online:
- A field of young sunflowers will slowly rotate from east to west during the course of a sunny day, each leaf seeking out as much sunlight as possible as the sun moves across the sky through an adaptation called heliotropism.
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the property of some plants of turning under the influence of light
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French héliotropisme.
Noun edit
heliotropism n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of heliotropism (singular only)
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) heliotropism | heliotropismul |
genitive/dative | (unui) heliotropism | heliotropismului |
vocative | heliotropismule |