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circumnutation

English

Etymology

circum- +? nutation

Noun

circumnutation (countable and uncountable, plural circumnutations)

  1. (botany) The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stem of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.

References

  • circumnutation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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circumnutate

English

Etymology

circum- +? nutate

Verb

circumnutate (third-person singular simple present circumnutates, present participle circumnutating, simple past and past participle circumnutated)

  1. (botany) to bend in a direction that is continuously moving in a horizontal direction

Related terms

  • circumnutating
  • circumnutation

circumnutate From the web:

  • what does circumnutate mean
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