Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, characterized by apogeotropism; shooting upward; inclined to turn away from the ground.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc.

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  • adjective botany Bending away from the ground; said of leaves, etc.

Etymologies

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apo- +‎ geotropic

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  • JM classes climate sceptics as apogeotropics.

    March 12, 2010