PLAGIOTROPISM
\plˈad͡ʒɪˌɒtɹə͡ʊpˌɪzəm], \plˈadʒɪˌɒtɹəʊpˌɪzəm], \p_l_ˈa_dʒ_ɪ__ˌɒ_t_ɹ_əʊ_p_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
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By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By J.H. Kenneth
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pl[=a]-ji-ot'r[=o]-pizm, n. a mode of turning of the organs of plants in the direction of gravitation or of the ray of light.--adj. PLAGIOTROP'IC.--adv. PLAGIOTROP'ICALLY. [Gr. plagios, oblique, tropos, a turning.]
By Thomas Davidson
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).