Meaning Of The Word Circumnutation

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Circumnutation Meaning

Circumnutation Definition
Circumnutation Definition

What's The Definition Of Circumnutation?

circumnutation in American English
the irregular spiral or elliptical rotation of the apex of a growing stem, root, or shoot, caused by differences in the rate of growth of the opposite sides

circumnutation in British English
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