Meaning of apheliotropic | Babel Free

Definitions

Turning away from the sun; said of leaves, etc.

not-comparable

Examples

“But some tendrils are apheliotropic, for instance those of Bignonia capreolata and of Smilax aspera; and the stems of some plants which climb by rootlets, as those of the Ivy and Tecoma radicans, are likewise apheliotropic, and they thus find a support.”

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