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Definition of
tropism noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
tropism
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈtroʊpɪzəm
/
/
[
uncountable
]
(
biology
)
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the action of a living thing turning all or part of itself in a particular direction, toward or away from something such as a source of light
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tropism
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tropic
noun
tropical
adjective
tropism
noun
the troposphere
noun
trot
verb