APHELIOTROPISM

Noun

apheliotropism (uncountable)

The habit of bending away from sunlight, as some plants do.

Source: Wiktionary


A*phe`li*ot"ro*pism, n.

Definition: The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certain plants.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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TRUNCATION

(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)


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