Tropism definitions

Tropism

1) Ergotropic 2) Ergotropism 3) Geotropism 4) Heliotropism 5) Lucifugal 6) Lucifugous 7) Meteortropism 8) Neurotropic 9) Neurotropism 10) Phototropism 11) Trophotropic 12) Trophotropism
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Tropism

1) Reaction 2) Response 3) Turning towards the sun 4) Why plants turn to the sun
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Tropism

A tropism (from Greek τρόπος, tropos, `a turning`) is a biological phenomenon, indicating growth or turning movement of a biological organism, usually a plant, in response to an environmental stimulus. In tropisms, this response is dependent on the direction of the stimulus (as opposed to nastic movements which are non-directional response.....
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tropism

a tendency to react to stimuli in a specific manner
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Tropism

• (n.) Modification of the direction of growth.
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tropism

response or orientation of a plant or certain lower animals to a stimulus that acts with greater intensity from one direction than another. It may be ... [3 related articles]
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Tropism

the turning of a plant part such as a leaf in response to some external stimuli
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tropism

<biology> The movement of an organism in response to an external source of stimulus, usually toward or away from it. ... Examples of stimuli are light, heat, food, or chemicals. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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tropism

(tro´piz-әm) a growth response in a nonmotile organism elicited by an external stimulus, and either toward the stimulus (positive tropism) or away from it (negative tropism); used as a word element combined with a stem that indicates the nature of the stimulus (such as phototropism) or the material or entity for which a...
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Tropism

the turning of a plant part such as a leaf in response to some external stimuli
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tropism

(Green plants as organisms) growth or movement towards or away from a stimulus such as light, gravity or moisture
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tropism

Type: Term Pronunciation: trō′pizm Definitions: 1. The phenomenon, observed in living organisms, of moving toward (positive tropism) or away from (negative tropism) a focus of light, heat, or other stimulus; usually applied to the movement of a portion of the organism as opposed to taxis, the movement of an entire organism. &...
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Tropism

Tropism is a biological term for the behaviour of animals and plants with respect to light or other stimuli.
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Tropism

It is a plant growth movement in response to a stimulus, for example, light.
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tropism

[n] - an involuntary orienting response
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tropism

movement in response to a stimulus
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Tropism

The movement of a plant in response to a stimulus.ChemotropismMovement in response to chemicals.GeotropismMovement in response to gravity.Negative Geotropism - shoots grow upwards.Positive Geotropism - roots grow downwards.HaptotropismResponse to touch such as tendrils on a climbing plant wrapping themselves around other plants or supports.Hydrotro...
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tropism

noun an involuntary orienting response; positive or negative reaction to a stimulus source
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tropism

Directional growth of a plant, or part of a plant, in response to an external stimulus such as gravity or light. If the movement is directed towards the stimulus it is described as positive; if away from it, it is negative. Geotropism for example, the response of plants to gravity, causes the root (positively geotropic) to grow downwards, and t...
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