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di·at·ro·pism  audio  (d-tr-pzm) KEY 

NOUN:
The tendency of certain plants or their parts to arrange themselves at right angles to a stimulus.


OTHER FORMS:
dia·tropic  (d-trpk, -trpk) KEY (Adjective)


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