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hydrotropism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-drotropism
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The movement of a plant (or other organism) in response to water, either towards or away from water.

Uncountable

Etymology

From hydro- + -tropism.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

hydrotropisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hydrotropic

Questions

What does hydrotropism mean?
The movement of a plant (or other organism) in response to water, either towards or away from water.
Where does hydrotropism come from?
From hydro- + -tropism.

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