Usually means: Movement of plants during night.
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  1. nyctitropism: Merriam-Webster
  2. nyctitropism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. nyctitropism: Collins English Dictionary
  4. nyctitropism: Wordnik
  5. nyctitropism: Wiktionary
  6. nyctitropism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. nyctitropism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. Nyctitropism, nyctitropism: Dictionary.com
  9. nyctitropism: FreeDictionary.org
  10. nyctitropism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (botany) Synonym of nyctinasty

Similar:
nyctinastism, heterostylism, nutation, hyponasty, orthogravitropism, apheliotropism, gravitropism, epinasty, nectarium, cephalotropism, more...

Opposite:
phototropism, heliotropism

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Similar:
nyctinastism, heterostylism, nutation, hyponasty, orthogravitropism, apheliotropism, gravitropism, epinasty, nectarium, cephalotropism, more...

Opposite:
phototropism, heliotropism



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