Meaning Of The Word Tropism

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What's The Definition Of Tropism?

-tropism in American English
tropism
combining form

-tropism in British English
combining form in countable noun: indicating a tendency to turn or develop in response to a certain stimulus

tropism in American English
the positive, or negative, attraction of a plant or sessile animal toward, or away from, a stimulus, as in the turning of a sunflower toward the light
noun: an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, esp. by growth rather than by movement

tropism in British English
noun: the response of an organism, esp a plant, to an external stimulus by growth in a direction determined by the stimulus

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