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