thigmotropism
Dec. 10th, 2007 07:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodwordthigmotropism - n., the response (esp. growth) of an organism to direct mechanical contact.
As in the tendril twining around a support. Also called stereotropism. From Greek thigma, touch, + tropism, itself from Greek tropē, turning.
---L.
As in the tendril twining around a support. Also called stereotropism. From Greek thigma, touch, + tropism, itself from Greek tropē, turning.
---L.
