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Definition of Hyponasty
1. n. Downward convexity, or convexity of the inferior surface.
Definition of Hyponasty
1. Noun. (botany) an upward bending of leaves or other plant parts, caused by increased growth on their lower surface ¹
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Definition of Hyponasty
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Medical Definition of Hyponasty
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyponasty
Literary usage of Hyponasty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"Epinasty and hyponasty. — If a leaf exhibits curvatures by reason of greater
growth at the upper surface, it is said to display epinasty, ..."
2. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel (1900)
"We do not know the causes which bring about the epinasty and hyponasty; ...
and ' hypotrophy' for epinasty and hyponasty, as the latter have been applied in ..."
3. The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1900)
"... or under that of hyponasty upwards, but oscillates up and down with some
lateral movement; it moves, however, in a preponderant manner in one direction. ..."
4. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"... which is thus caused to bend downwards; and hyponasty is used for the ...
or under that of hyponasty upwards, but oscillates up and down with some ..."
5. Lectures on the Physiology of Plants by Sydney Howard Vines (1886)
"Other spontaneous irregularities of growth allied to epinasty and hyponasty are
exhibited by organs which are not bilaterally but radially symmetrical, ..."
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