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