- tropismatic
- tro·pis·mat·ic
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tropismatic
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tropismatic — |trōpiz|mad.ik adjective Etymology: tropism + atic (as in automatic) : constituting a tropism especially in being innate and essentially automatic … Useful english dictionary
tropism — tropismatic /troh piz mat ik/, adj. tropistic /troh pis tik/, adj. /troh piz euhm/, n. Biol. an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, esp. by growth rather than by movement. [1895 1900; independent use of TROPISM] * * * ▪… … Universalium
tropism — n. movement of an organism, especially direction of growth of plant, in response to a stimulus; innate inclination. ♦ tropismatic, ♦ tropistic, a … Dictionary of difficult words
