Usually means: Growth response to touch stimulus.
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  1. haptotropism: Merriam-Webster
  2. haptotropism: Collins English Dictionary
  3. haptotropism: Wiktionary
  4. haptotropism: Dictionary.com
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Definitions from Wiktionary (haptotropism)

▸ noun:  (biology) The movement of parts of a plant (especially tendrils) in response to a touch stimulus

Similar:
thigmotropism, hydrotropism, tropism, thermotropism, chemotropism, haptotaxis, halotropism, histotropism, trophotropism, stereotaxis, more...

Opposite:
aphototropism, negative tropism, repulsion

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Similar:
thigmotropism, hydrotropism, tropism, thermotropism, chemotropism, haptotaxis, halotropism, histotropism, trophotropism, stereotaxis, more...

Opposite:
aphototropism, negative tropism, repulsion



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