Definition of Epinasty

1. Noun. (botany) the downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Epinasty

1. a downward bending of plant parts [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Epinasty

1. Asymmetrical growth of a leaf or stem that causes curvature of the structure. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epinasty

epimutations
epimyoepithelial islands
epimysia
epimysiotomy
epimysium
epimyth
epimythia
epimythium
epimythiums
epimyths
epinaoi
epinaos
epinastic
epinasties
epinastine
epinasty (current term)
epinemin
epinephrin
epinephrine
epinephrine cyclase
epinephrine reversal
epinephrines
epinephrins
epinephros
epineural
epineuria
epineurial
epineurium
epineuriums
epineuston

Literary usage of Epinasty

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)
"If a leaf exhibits curvatures by reason of greater growth at the upper surface, it is said to display epinasty, while if the greater growth is at the lower ..."

2. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel (1900)
"... do not know the causes which bring about the epinasty and ... and ' hypotrophy' for epinasty and ..."

3. The Response of Plants to Illuminating Gas by Sarah Lucinda Doubt (1917)
"With ethylene, 5 ppm caused some leaf fall, epinasty was marked, ... 3, 4); 2 ppm caused epinasty but no leaf fall; 0.2 and o.1 ppm still caused epinasty. ..."

4. Text-book of Botany, Morphological and Physical by Julius Sachs (1882)
"Phenomena of the same kind are produced by a combination of epinasty with helio- tropism, if the separated mid-rib is fixed vertically in wet sand in a ..."

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