selenotropic
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prettygoodwordselenotropic (suh-lee-nuh-TROH-pik, suh-lee-nuh-TROP-ik) - adj., turning or growing towards the moon.
Or toward moonlight. Compare phototropic, turning/growing towards light, and geotropic, turning/growing towards the earth. Coined in the 1880s from Greek roots Greek selēnē, moon + trópos, turn.
---L.
Or toward moonlight. Compare phototropic, turning/growing towards light, and geotropic, turning/growing towards the earth. Coined in the 1880s from Greek roots Greek selēnē, moon + trópos, turn.
---L.
