Photoepinasty

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface of dorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposure to light. uncountable

    "a clear cut relation is shown between these photoresponses and the induced photoepinasty"

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"a clear cut relation is shown between these photoresponses and the induced photoepinasty"

Etymology

From photo- + epinasty.

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