paraheliotropic

paraheliotropic
paraheliotropic /par-ə-hē-li-ō-tropˈik/ (botany)
adjective
Turning edgewise to the light
ORIGIN: Gr para beside, beyond, and hēlios the sun, with tropos a turn, from trepein to turn
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paraheliotropism /-otˈrə-pizm/ noun

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