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Meaning of circumnutation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stem of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Français circumnutation

Examples

“[T]he increased turgescence of the cells, together with the extensibility of their walls, is the primary cause of the movement of circumnutation.”

CEFR level

C2
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