photoepinasty

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noun

epinasty (downward curvature of leaves) due to the stimulus of exposure to light.

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Meanings

nounphotoepinasty (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyepinasty (downward curvature of leaves) due to the stimulus of exposure to light.

    a clear cut relation is shown between these photoresponses and the induced photoepinasty

    1990, B. Millet, H. Greppin, Intra-and Intercellular Communications in Plants

Origin

From photo- + epinasty.

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APA

photoepinasty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoepinasty

MLA

“photoepinasty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoepinasty. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photoepinasty,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoepinasty.

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