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(botany) An apogeotropic tendency; the tendency to bend away from the ground..
As soon as the faintest ray of light reaches a seedling, heliotropism will guide it through any crack in the soil, or through an entangled mass of overlying vegetation; for apogeotropism by itself can direct the seedling only blindly upwards.
Use apogeotropism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Apogeotropism means (botany) An apogeotropic tendency; the tendency to bend away from the ground..
Common synonyms include zenotropism.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
As soon as the faintest ray of light reaches a seedling, heliotropism will guide it through any crack in the soil, or through an entangled mass of overlying vegetation; for apogeotropism by itself can direct the seedling only blindly upwards.
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