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phototropism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables
pho-totropism
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The movement of a plant towards or away from light.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From photo- + -tropism.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

phototropisms (plural) phototrophism (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

phototropic phototropistic

Antonyms

scototropism skototropism

Questions

What does phototropism mean?
The movement of a plant towards or away from light.
Where does phototropism come from?
From photo- + -tropism.

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