Usually means: Upward curling of leaf surfaces.
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  1. hyponasty: Merriam-Webster
  2. hyponasty: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. hyponasty: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hyponasty: Wordnik
  5. hyponasty: Wiktionary
  6. hyponasty: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. hyponasty: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Hyponasty, hyponasty: Dictionary.com
  9. Hyponasty: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. hyponasty: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Hyponasty: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. hyponasty: FreeDictionary.org
  13. hyponasty: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hyponasty: Encyclopedia

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  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hyponasty)

▸ noun:  (botany) an upward bending of leaves or other plant parts, caused by increased growth on their lower surface

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epinasty, hypophyll, orthogravitropism, hyperphyll, orthistichy, photoepinasty, orthostichy, circumnutation, apheliotropism, hypopodium, more...

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epinasty, hypophyll, orthogravitropism, hyperphyll, orthistichy, photoepinasty, orthostichy, circumnutation, apheliotropism, hypopodium, more...



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