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diageotropism
[ dahy-uh-jee-o-truh-piz-uhm ]
noun
, Botany.
- diageotropic tendency or growth.
diageotropism
/ ˌdaɪədʒɪˈɒtrəˌpɪzəm; ˌdaɪəˌdʒiːəʊˈtrɒpɪk /
noun
- a diatropic response of plant parts, such as rhizomes, to the stimulus of gravity
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Derived Forms
- diageotropic, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of diageotropism1
First recorded in 1875–80; dia- + geotropism
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Example Sentences
In like manner positive geotropism, or bending towards the centre of the earth, will be called by us geotropism; apogeotropism will mean bending in opposition to gravity or from the centre of the earth; and diageotropism, a position more or less transverse to the radius of the earth.
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The benefits derived from geotropism, apogeotropism, and diageotropism, are generally so manifest that they need not be specified.
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If displaced they resume, as Sachs has shown, their original sub-horizontal position; and this apparently is due to diageotropism.
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