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   statolith
   (1) Bot. A type of amyloplast found in root-tip cells of higher plants. It can sediment within the cell under the influence of gravity, and is thought to be involved in the detection of gravity in geotropism. (2) Zool. A sand-grain or a structure of calcium carbonate or other hard secreted substance...
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   statolith
   1. <botany> A type of amyloplast found in root tip cells of higher plants. It can sediment within the cell under the influence of gravity and is thought to be involved in the detection of gravity in geotropism. ... 2. <zoology> A sand grain or a structure of calcium carbonate or other ha...
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   statolith
   (stat´o-lith) a granule of the statoconia. a solid or semisolid body occurring in the labyrinth of animals.
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   statolith
   (from the article `crustacean`) ...decapods or at the base of the uropods in mysids, that enable the crustacean to orient itself with respect to gravity. Each statocyst is a rounded ... ...with cues to their position in space. The sense organs involved (statoreceptors) usually have the structure of ...
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