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paraheliotropism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
para-he-liotropism
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Movement of a plant's leaves in order to reduce incident sunlight damage.

Uncountable

Etymology

From para- + heliotropism.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

paraheliotropisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

heliocentric heliocentrism heliophile heliophilic heliophilous heliophobe heliophobic heliotrope

Questions

What does paraheliotropism mean?
Movement of a plant's leaves in order to reduce incident sunlight damage.
Where does paraheliotropism come from?
From para- + heliotropism.

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