Heliotropism

Quick meaning: Heliotropism is a noun meaning (botany) The property of some plants of turning under the influence of light; either positively (towards the light) or negatively (away from the light).

Meaning

(botany) The property of some plants of turning under the influence of light; either positively (towards the light) or negatively (away from the light).

Example Sentences

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; […]

A field of young sunflowers will slowly rotate from east to west during the course of a sunny day, each leaf seeking out as much sunlight as possible as the sun moves across the sky through an adaptation called heliotropism.

Word Forms

• heliotropisms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include heliotropy, phototropism, phototropy, heliotaxis, halotropism, phototrophism.

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