apogeotropicadj.
/ˌapəʊdʒiːəʊˈtrɒpɪk/ Botany.
Bending or turning away from the ground. (Said of leaves and other parts of plants.)
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geotropic1875
heliotropic1875
paratonic1875
apheliotropic1880
apogeotropic1880
nyctitropic1880
paraheliotropic1880
plagiotropic1882
phototropic1883
selenotropic1883
rheotropic1884
orthotropic1885
thermotropic1885
haptotropic1888
traumatropic1898
plagiotropous1900
aphototropic1903
orthotropous1909
1880 C. Darwin & F. Darwin Power of Movement in Plants 189 When they [the rhizomes] were cultivated in water their tips turned upwards, and they became apogeotropic.
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