nastic
/ˈnastɪk
/adjective Botany
(Of the movement of plant parts) caused by an external stimulus but unaffected in direction by it.They may have a role in turgor regulation in response to salt and hyper-osmotic stresses, in nastic and gravitropic movements, in stomatal closure and in pollen tube elongation....
- In biology, nastic refers to the natural movement of plants in response to changes in their environment, such as plants that track sunlight or that stiffen when watered.
Origin
Early 20th century: from Greek nastos 'squeezed together' (from nassein 'to press') + -ic.
- turn something to (good) account
- turn something up
- turnspit
- turns ratio
- turnstile
- turnstone
- turntable
- turntable ladder
- turntablism
- turntablist
- turn tail
- turn the (or a) corner
- Nechtansmere, Battle of
- necial
- neck
- neck and neck
- Neckar
- neckband
- neckbeard
- neck beef
- neck-bone
- neck-break
- neck canal
- neck canal cell
- neck cell