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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a directive influence exerted upon growing organs by the mass of the substratum upon which they grow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol.) A directive influence exercised by a mass of matter upon growing organs.
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- noun biology A
directive influence exercised by a mass ofmatter upon growingorgans .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek the body + to turn.
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