Usually means: Growth response to light direction.
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  1. phototropism: Merriam-Webster
  2. phototropism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. phototropism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. phototropism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. phototropism: Wiktionary
  9. phototropism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. phototropism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  1. phototropism: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (phototropism)

▸ noun:  (biology) The movement of a plant towards or away from light.

Similar:
phototrophism, phototaxis, phototropy, heliotropism, trophotropism, tropism, halotropism, geotropism, hydrotropism, thermotropism, more...

Opposite:
photophobia, skototropism

Types:
heliotropism, geotropism, chemotropism, thigmotropism, more...

Phrases:
positive phototropism, negative phototropism, more...

Adjectives:
positive, negative, strong, mediated, induced, normal, abnormal, light, periodic, intense

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Similar:
phototrophism, phototaxis, phototropy, heliotropism, trophotropism, tropism, halotropism, geotropism, hydrotropism, thermotropism, more...

Opposite:
photophobia, skototropism

Types:
heliotropism, geotropism, chemotropism, thigmotropism, more...

Phrases:
positive phototropism, negative phototropism, more...

Adjectives:
positive, negative, strong, mediated, induced, normal, abnormal, light, periodic, intense



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