Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or affected by hydrotropism.
- In phytogeography, governed by conditions which change from dry to wet: said of a succession of vegetations.
- In psychology, interested in water; tending to hydropsychoses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective exhibiting
hydrotropism
Etymologies
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Examples
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The third was a tall, reedy character who looked something like a hydrotropic walking stick but really resembled no insect Jon-Tom had ever seen before on this world or his own.
The Moment of the Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984
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The third was a tall, reedy character who looked something like a hydrotropic walking stick but really resembled no insect Jon-Tom had ever seen before on this world or his own.
The Moment of the Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984
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The third was a tall, reedy character who looked something like a hydrotropic walking stick but really resembled no insect Jon-Tom had ever seen before on this world or his own.
The Moment Of The Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984
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The third was a tall, reedy character who looked something like a hydrotropic walking stick but really resembled no insect Jon-Tom had ever seen before on this world or his own.
The Moment Of The Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984
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