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GEOTROPISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does geotropism mean?
• GEOTROPISM (noun)
The noun GEOTROPISM has 1 sense:
1. an orienting response to gravity
Familiarity information: GEOTROPISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An orienting response to gravity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("geotropism" is a kind of...):
tropism (an involuntary orienting response; positive or negative reaction to a stimulus source)
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