epinastyn.
/ˈɛpɪnasti/ Botany.
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hyponasty1875
epinasty1880
heterauxesis1886
1880 C. Darwin & F. Darwin Power of Movement in Plants 5 The term epinasty is now often used in Germany, and implies that the upper surface of an organ grows more quickly than the lower surface, and thus causes it to bend downwards.
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 859 Geotropism will act in the former in opposition to epinasty.
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