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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A tendency to turn or bend in opposition to gravity, or upward and away from the earth, as opposed to geotropism (which see): said of stems or other parts of plants. Darwin.

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

  • noun The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.

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  • noun An apogeotropic tendency.

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