nastic 1. Plant movements in response to diffuse stimuli and to structural curvatures resulting from differential growth of opposite surfaces. 2. Relating to a response of a plant part; such as, growth or a loss of turgidity; to external stimuli that is independent of the direction of origin of such stimuli.3. The movement or growth of cellular ti... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/3558/
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/nastic