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