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Heliotropism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Heliotropism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an orienting response to the sun

2

The property of some plants of turning under the influence of light; either positively (towards the light) or negatively (away from the light)

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
tropism
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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