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Geotropism

//d͡ʒiˈɑt.ɹəˌpɪz.əm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The movement of a plant in response to gravity (either downwards or upwards). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    an orienting response to gravity wordnet

Etymology

From geo- (“earth”) + -tropism, due to growth towards or away from the earth.

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