photoepinasty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface of dorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposure to light.

Word forms

photoepinasty

Etymology

From photo- + epinasty.

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