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thigmotropic — |thigmə.|träpik adjective Etymology: thigmo + tropic : stereotropic * * * thigmotropic / mə tropˈik/ adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑thigmotropism … Useful english dictionary
thigmotropic — attracted to a solid body, e.g. said of fish favouring rocky habitats … Dictionary of ichthyology
thigmotropic — thig·mo·trop·ic .thig mə träp ik adj of, relating to, or exhibiting thigmotropism … Medical dictionary
thigmotropic — thig·mo·trop·ic … English syllables
thigmotropism — thigmotropic /thig meuh trop ik, troh pik/, adj. /thig mo treuh piz euhm/, n. Biol. oriented growth of an organism in response to mechanical contact, as a plant tendril coiling around a string support. [1895 1900; < Gk thígm(a) touch + o +… … Universalium
Plectranthus verticillatus — Taxobox name = Plectranthus verticillatus image width = 240px image caption = regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnopliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Lamiales familia = Lamiaceae genus = Plectranthus species = P. verticillatus binomial =… … Wikipedia
Thigmonasty — or seismonasty is the nastic response of a plant or fungus to touch, heat or vibration.fact|date=March 2008 It differs from thigmotropism in that it is independent of the direction of the stimulus. For example, the growth of roots through soil is … Wikipedia
Drosera anglica — English Sundew Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) … Wikipedia
List of plant morphology terms — Biologists that study plant morphology use a number of different terms to describe plant organs and parts that can be observed with the human eye using no more than a hand held magnifying lens. These terms are used to identify and classify plants … Wikipedia
Carnivorous plant — Insectivorous Plants redirects here. For the book by Charles Darwin, see Insectivorous Plants (book). Nepenthes mirabilis in flower, growing on a road cut in Palau Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients (but not … Wikipedia
