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geotropism的意思

geotropism

基本解释

n. [植] 向地性;屈地性

英文词源

geotropism (n.)
"growth downward," 1874, from geo- "earth" + -trope "a turn, direction" (see trope), translating German Geotropismus (1868), which was coined in 1868 by German botanist Albert Bernhard Frank (1839-1900). Related: Geotropic.

实用例句

1. The main stems of a plant show negative geotropism as they grow upwards.
植物茎往上长时表现出负向地性.
来自辞典例句