Circumnutation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Circumnutation is a noun meaning (botany) The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stem of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.
Meaning
(botany) The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stem of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.
Example Sentences
[T]he increased turgescence of the cells, together with the extensibility of their walls, is the primary cause of the movement of circumnutation.
Word Forms
- circumnutations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nutation, circination, intorsion, cycle, hyponasty, epinasty.
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