aphototropicadj.
/əˌfəʊtəʊˈtrɒpɪk/ Botany.
Bending or turning away from the light (cf. apheliotropic adj.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > growth, movement, or curvature of parts > [adjective] > undergoing tropism
geotropic1875
heliotropic1875
paratonic1875
apheliotropic1880
apogeotropic1880
nyctitropic1880
paraheliotropic1880
plagiotropic1882
phototropic1883
selenotropic1883
rheotropic1884
orthotropic1885
thermotropic1885
haptotropic1888
traumatropic1898
plagiotropous1900
aphototropic1903
orthotropous1909
1903 Nature 9 July 237/2 At the moment of hatching, Convoluta is aphototropic.
Derivatives
aphotoˈtropism n.
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1916 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms (ed. 3) 28/2 Aphototropism, turning away from light.
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adj.1903