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单词 energy of growth
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energy of growth
energy of growth n. [originally after German Wachsthumsenergie (1874 in the passage translated in quot. 1875; now Wachstumsenergie)] Botany Obsolete the potential for growth in a given segment of a stem or shoot; (also) the rapidity with which a given segment of a stem or shoot grows, and which is a factor in determining its eventual length.
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1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. iii. iv. 741 If the power of any particular zone to attain a definite length is called its Energy of Growth [Ger. Wachsthumsenergie], then a zone which..reaches a length of 10 mm. would have a smaller energy than one which continues to grow until it has reached a length of 100 mm.
1900 J. Percival Agric. Bot xx. 241 The vigour or energy of growth of a stem or other member varies during the grand period: at one stage of the development of the complete stem the growing part either grows more rapidly or continues its growth longer than at another stage.
1904 H. M. Ward Trees I. i. ix. 73 Since the length of the internode is an expression of the rapidity and energy of growth during the growing season, the two are correlated.
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