geotropic
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Perhaps there is something about the geotropic, burrowing urge that betrays a kind of deep-seated introspection – a desire to dig, to escape further from reality, to withdraw into a private fantasy world.
From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2012
After 19 h. the three which were slightly geotropic had become strongly so.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
The latter grow to a length "of an inch or even more;" and, if we understand rightly, penetrate the ground, so that they must be geotropic.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
This movement is immediately modified by the attraction of gravity and rendered geotropic.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
No. 2 was plainly geotropic, being inclined at about 45o beneath the horizon; No. 3 was slightly, and No. 4 only just perceptibly geotropic; Nos.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
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