diageotropism

[ dahy-uh-jee-o-truh-piz-uhm ]

noun

, Botany.

1. diageotropic tendency or growth.

diageotropism

/ ˌdaɪədʒɪˈɒtrəˌpɪzəm; ˌdaɪəˌdʒiːəʊˈtrɒpɪk /

noun

1. a diatropic response of plant parts, such as rhizomes, to the stimulus of gravity

Derived Forms

• diageotropic, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of diageotropism¹

First recorded in 1875–80; dia- + geotropism

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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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