- trophotropism
- nounan orienting response to food• Derivationally related forms: ↑trophotropic• Hypernyms: ↑tropism
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\\trōˈfä.trəˌpizəm\ nounEtymology: International Scientific Vocabulary troph- + -tropism: a chemotropism in which food or a nutritive substance constitutes the orienting factor* * *
trophotaxˈis and trophotˈropism nounChemotaxis and chemotropism where the stimulating substance is food• • •Main Entry: ↑troph-
Useful english dictionary. 2012.