eutropic

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UK/juːˈtɹɒpɪk/

adjective

Of, characterised by, or relating to eutropy.

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Meanings

eutropic1

adjectiveeutropic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablechemistryOf, characterised by, or relating to eutropy.

eutropic2

adjectiveeutropic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyOf a plant, turning towards the sun.

    All over the lawn there were coffee beans ripening in the sun. A huge sunflower, eutropic, stood outside a window, peering in.

    (Can we date this quote?), Malcolm Lowry, edited by Miguel Mota, Paul Tiessen, The 1940 Under the Volcano: A Critical Edition, published 2015, page 68
  2. not comparableOf a pollinator, fully adapted to pollinating a particular species.

    According to their role in pollination, they can be subdivided into three groups: eutropic, allotropic, and dystropic anthophiles. The eutropic flower visitors are active pollinators that […]

    2023, LV Buglova, EP Nartshuk, “Consortial Associations of Insects (Insecta) and Springtails (Collembola) with Trollius asiaticus L. (Ranunculaceae)”, in Entomological Review, Springer
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    The honey, secreted by glands at the base of the ovary, flows into the spur of the flower, where it is stored and awaits the visits of insects with a proboscis long enough to reach it. It is therefore well adapted to visitors of this kind belonging to the class called Eutropic by LOEW.

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    From these examples of dystropic blossom visits there is a gradual transition through many allotropic birds with a mixed diet in which nectar constitutes one of the ingredients (Porsch 1924) to eutropic ones, to establishment of true ornithophily.

    2013, K. Faegri, L. Van Der Pijl, Principles of Pollination Ecology, page 124
  3. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of eutrophic

Origin

eutropic · adjective

From eutropy + -ic.

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eutropic · adjective

eu- + -tropic

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APA

eutropic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eutropic

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“eutropic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eutropic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eutropic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eutropic.

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