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- noun biology The
dispersal ofseeds ,spores , orfruit bygravity alone.
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From baro- + -chory.
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hernesheir commented on the word barochory
(n): a form of plant dispersal unassisted by animal or mechanical means, where disseminules simply drop to the ground beneath the parent plant.
January 1, 2009