• (n.) The tendency of certain plant organs, as leaves, to assume special `sleeping` positions or make curvatures under the influence of darkness. It is well illustrated in the leaflets of clover and other leguminous plants.
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Nyc·tit'ro·pism noun [ From Greek ..., ..., night + ... to turn.]
(Plant Physiol.) The tendency of certain plant organs, as leaves, to assume special 'sleeping' positions or make curvatures under the influence of darkness. It is well illustrated in the leaflets of clover and other leguminous plant...
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nyctitropism An orientation response occurring at night or turning in a certain direction at night; nyctitropic, nyctitropism. The tendency of certain plant organs, as the leaflets of clover, to assume special `sleeping” positions at night.
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