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heliotropism

Meaning of "heliotropism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HELIOTROPISM

ˌhiːlɪˈɒtrəˌpɪzəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HELIOTROPISM

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Heliotropism is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HELIOTROPISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Heliotropism

Heliotropism, a form of tropism, is the diurnal motion or seasonal motion of plant parts in response to the direction of the sun. The habit of some plants to move in the direction of the sun was already known by the Ancient Greeks. They named one of those plants after that property Heliotropium, meaning sun turn. The Greeks assumed it to be a passive effect, presumably the loss of fluid on the illuminated side, that did not need further study. Aristotle's logic that plants are passive and immobile organisms, prevailed. In the 19th century, however, botanists discovered that growth processes in the plant were involved, and conducted increasingly ingenious experiments. A. P. de Candolle called this phenomenon in any plant heliotropism. It was renamed phototropism in 1892, because it is a response to light rather than to the sun, and because the phototropism of algae in lab studies at that time strongly depended on the brightness. A botanist studying this subject in the lab, at the cellular and subcellular level, or using artificial light, is more likely to employ the more abstract word phototropism.

Definition of heliotropism in the English dictionary

The definition of heliotropism in the dictionary is the growth of plants or plant parts in response to the stimulus of sunlight, so that they turn to face the sun.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HELIOTROPISM

apheliotropism · apogeotropism · diageotropism · diaheliotropism · diatropism · galvanotropism · geotropism · hydrotropism · isotropism · nyctitropism · orthotropism · pleiotropism · priapism · psilanthropism · rheotropism · sinapism · stereotropism · theanthropism · therianthropism · trophotropism

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HELIOTROPISM

helioscope · helioscopic · heliosis · heliosphere · heliostat · heliostatic · heliotactic · heliotaxis · heliotherapy · heliotrope · heliotropic · heliotropical · heliotropically · heliotropin · heliotropy · heliotype · heliotypic · heliotypy · heliozoan · heliozoic

WORDS THAT END LIKE HELIOTROPISM

aerotropism · allotropism · apism · atropism · caesaropapism · chemotropism · diaphototropism · escapism · gamotropism · haptotropism · hemitropism · malapropism · mugwumpism · papism · phototropism · plagiotropism · thermotropism · thigmotropism · tropism · utopism

Synonyms and antonyms of heliotropism in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «heliotropism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HELIOTROPISM

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heliotropism
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heliotropismo
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heliotropism
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heliotropism
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توجه شمسي
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гелиотропизм
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heliotropism
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সূর্যাবৃত্তি
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héliotropisme
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Heliotropisme
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heliotropism
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heliotropism
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heliotropism
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Heliotropism
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heliotropism
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ஒழிதூண்டுதிருப்பத்தைக்
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Heliotropism
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heliotropism
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eliotropismo
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heliotropism
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геліотропізм
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heliotropism
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ηλιοτροπισμού
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heliotropism
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heliotropism
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heliotropism
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heliotropism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HELIOTROPISM»

Discover the use of heliotropism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heliotropism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Photomovement
Since fully opened flowers neither track the sun nor face south, this heliotropism differs from the flower heliotropism described below, and its adaptive value probably rests on enhancing the interception of solar radiation by leaves.
D.-P. Häder, M. Lebert, 2001
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Plant Tropisms: And Other Growth Movements
Heliotropism The term heliotropism is used to describe the daily sun-tracking movements shown by many leaves and flowers. In leaves, such movements can fulfil different functions, or confer different types of adaptive advantage, depending ...
J.W. Hart, 1990
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The radiation regime and architecture of plant stands
Heliotropism is less marked in leaves of the middle layer and totally absent in the lower layer. Detailed studies of the sunflower leaf heliotropism have, in recent years, been performed by Australian workers (Lang 1973; Shell et al. 1974; Shell  ...
I︠U︡khan Ross, 1981
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Studies in general physiology
SERPnLA; heliotropism in, 101, 106: photoklne51s 1n, 289. SERTULARIA HALECINA: heliotropism in. SEn'rULARIA (POLYZONIAS : _he_liotroplsm in, 103 ; heteromorp 0515 in, 142, 173,_174,_249; change Of sense Of heliotroplsm 1n, 266.
J. Loeb
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Plant-Environment Interactions: From Sensory Plant Biology ...
Heliotropism. Someone may argue that the issue is not whether the function to be computed is linearly or nonlinearly separable, embodied or not, but rather whether the recoding of the metric relations that are obtained as a result of the ...
Frantisek Baluska, 2009
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A Text-Book of Botany: Morphological and Physiological
... in all directions as they may chance to originate. Geotropism, like heliotropism, does not depend on the organ containing or not containing chlorophyll, nor on whether it consists of masses of tissue or of a simple row of cells or of a single cell.
Julius Sachs, Alfred W. Bennett, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, 2011
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Teaching Agricultural Concepts
Sunflowers in the bud stage exhibit heliotropism. At sunrise, the faces of most sunflowers are turned towards the east. Over the course of the day, they follow the sun from east to west, while at night they return to an eastward orientation.
Farshad Ghooshchi
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Popular Science
One might be led to suppose that galvanotropism and heliotropism are not comparable. They are, however, as a matter of fact, phenomena of the same category with the exception of the aforementioned fact that light acts generally only ...
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Common Principles in Psychology and Physiology
they may be independent of any nervous tissue whatever; they are, indeed, characteristic of plants. Geotropism and heliotropism cause roots to strike into the earth and leaves to turn to the light. Loeb has gone so far as to attempt to account for ...
John T. MacCurdy, 2013
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Special Sciences and the Unity of Science
In particular I wish to focus on leaf heliotropism; a specific form of light-related tropistic behaviour. In relation to light-related tropisms, it is important to distinguish phototropisms, which may represent directed responses to a static light source, ...
Olga Pombo, Juan Manuel Torres, John Symons, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HELIOTROPISM»

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Amy Dixon: Sunflowers just love this weather
“It is called heliotropism. Unlike phototropism, which is a growth response, heliotropism is turning or moving toward the sun, not growing toward ... «Winston-Salem Journal, Jun 15»
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Sunshine: the first act of creation
It's called phototropism, or heliotropism – the thing that sunflowers do in order for the flower to rise up and face the sun. Other flowers probably ... «www.parrysound.com, Jun 15»
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9 Cool Things You Might Not Know About Sunflowers
... which means "turns with the sun." In their bud phase, sunflowers will literally seek out and face the sun. This trait is called heliotropism. Share. «GoodHousekeeping.com, May 15»
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Top 49 misconceptions - from coffee is made from beans and Mount …
The uniform alignment of the flowers does result from heliotropism in an earlier development stage, the bud stage, before the appearance of ... «Western Daily Press, Apr 15»
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50 facts we all know (which aren't actually true)
Sunflowers track the sun across the sky: in fact, the uniform alignment of the flowers results from what is called heliotropism at the bud stage ... «Express.co.uk, Apr 15»
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Ripley's Believe it or Not publishes top 50 misconceptions
The uniform alignment of the flowers does result from heliotropism in an earlier development stage, the bud stage, before the appearance of flower heads so ... «Sunday World, Apr 15»
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Life's top 50 misconceptions that have become modern day facts
The uniform alignment of the flowers does result from heliotropism in an earlier development stage, the bud stage, before the appearance of ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
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Hello sunshine: Make way for sunflowers
Did you know that sunflowers track the daily movement of the sun (called heliotropism) when they are youngsters, hence the name sunflower? «Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald, Mar 15»
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Wallflowers by Eliza Robertson review – an assured first collection …
A little niece on Skype “thrusts her chin at you” like a plant craning at the sun: “Heliotropism, I think it's called.” Feathers and slime aside, there ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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Following the Sun
I love sunflowers. Not only are they big and bright, but they have a particular talent that I admire. It's called heliotropism and it translates to 'sun tracking'. In other ... «Beliefnet, Jan 15»
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