Usually means: Response to light by plants.
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  1. diatropism: Merriam-Webster
  2. diatropism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. diatropism: Collins English Dictionary
  4. diatropism: Wiktionary
  5. diatropism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. diatropism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. diatropism: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. diatropism: Dictionary.com
  9. diatropism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. diatropism: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (diatropism)

noun:  (biology) The growth or movement of a plant or animal in a direction perpendicular to a stimulus.
noun:  (organic chemistry) An orthogonal arrangement of groups of atoms within a molecule, often associated with aromaticity.
noun:  The choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of dissimilarity from early childhood protective and parental figures.

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