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(botany) the tendency to bend away from sunlight, as some plants do; negative phototropism.
Use apheliotropism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Apheliotropism means (botany) the tendency to bend away from sunlight, as some plants do; negative phototropism.
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