nyctitropism

noun

nyc·​tit·​ro·​pism

nikˈti‧trəˌpizəm

plural -s

: a sleep movement in plants characterized by response to a stimulus that is greatest or exclusively from one direction compare nyctinasty

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary nyct- + -tropism

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