nyctinasty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness; the closing of a flower at night.

nyctinasty

From nycti- + -nasty. By surface analysis, nycti- + -nast + -y.

nyctinastism nyctitropism

heliotropism

nyctinastic

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