epinasty

English

Etymology

epi- +‎ -nasty

Noun

epinasty (countable and uncountable, plural epinasties)

(botany) The downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates.
(botany) A nastic movement which bends a plant part (e.g. a petal) outward.

Translations

botany: downward curvature due to growth

French: épinastie f
Irish: eipeanastacht f

nastic movement

Finnish: epinastia

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