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Definition of Hydrotropism
1. n. A tendency towards moisture.
2. n. In a broader sense, any curvature or turning induced in certain growing plant organs under the influence of moisture.
Definition of Hydrotropism
1. Noun. (biology) The movement of a plant (or other organism) either towards or away from water ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hydrotropism
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Medical Definition of Hydrotropism
1. The growth or movement of an organism in the direction of water. The influence of an organisms growth or movements by the presence of water. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrotropism
Literary usage of Hydrotropism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Experimental Plant Physiology by Daniel Trembly MacDougal (1895)
"hydrotropism.—The moisture of the medium which surrounds the plant ... The property
of an organ by which it reacts to moisture is termed hydrotropism. ..."
2. Experimental Morphology by Charles Benedict Davenport (1899)
"EFFECT OF WATER ON THE DIRECTION OF GROWTH — hydrotropism A growing organ, such
as a leaf, root, or stolon, is normally in a condition of turgescence, ..."
3. A Laboratory Course in Plant Physiology by William Francis Ganong (1908)
"(c) hydrotropism. The tendency of roots to seek wet places is a familiar phenomenon
of the gardens and a manifestation of ..."
4. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"hydrotropism The need of water causes certain organisms to turn towards the place
where it is to be found. This fact is very marked in the case of roots, ..."
5. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost, Robert John Harvey Gibson (1907)
"These positions cannot be explained by hydrotropism since the ... has nothing in
common with hydrotropism, as one might at first sight imagine it had, ..."
6. Lectures on the Physiology of Plants by Julius Sachs (1887)
"Ill and IV) in the paragraphs on directions of growth. hydrotropism is treated
of in my publication (1872), 'Ablenkung der Wurzel von ihrer normalen ..."
7. The Science of Human Behavior: Biological and Psychological Foundations by Maurice Parmelee (1913)
"hydrotropism, 116. — Tono- tropism, 116. THE first group of reactions to external
forces I shall discuss is that of reactions of organisms to light.1 ..."
8. Experimental Morphology by Charles Benedict Davenport (1899)
"EFFECT OF WATER ON THE DIRECTION OF GROWTH — hydrotropism A growing organ, such
as a leaf, root, or stolon, is normally in a condition of turgescence, ..."
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