plagiotropyn.
/ˌpleɪdʒɪˈɒtrəpi/, U.S. /ˌpleɪdʒiˈɑtrəpi/ Botany.
= plagiotropism n.
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heliotropism1854
geotropism1873
apheliotropism1880
apogeotropism1880
nyctitropism1880
paraheliotropism1881
hydrotropism1882
selenotropism1883
selenotropy1883
rheotropism1884
orthotropism1885
plagiotropism1886
geotropy1888
haptotropism1888
aerotropism1889
phototropy1892
autotropism1897
plagiotropy1898
thermotropism1898
traumatropism1898
phototropism1899
gravitropism1969
1898 Science 1 July 241/1 Anisophylly, asymmetry and plagiotropy in general are given a most adequate and instructive treatment.
1900 I. B. Balfour tr. C. E. von Goebel Organogr. Plants I. 112 In the shade of woods of the natural habitat the plagiotropy [Ger. der plagiotrope..Charakter] and anisophylly may be more marked.
1919 Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. II. XVI. ii. (title) The cause of plagiotropy in maritime shore plants.
1999 Jrnl. Ecol. 87 1021/2 The observed trends suggest that shifts from plagiotropy in the understorey to orthotropy in the overstorey are associated with excess light relative to photosynthetic capacity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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