💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Circumnutation"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| nutationnoun | (astronomy) Any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon. |
| circinationnoun | (botany) A circular growth or foliation. |
| intorsionnoun | A winding, bending, or twisting. |
| cyclenoun | A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence. |
| hyponastynoun | (botany) an upward bending of leaves or other plant parts, caused by increased growth on their lower surface |
| epinastynoun | (botany) The downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates. |
| vernationnoun | (botany) The arrangement of multiple organs (such as leaves and flower parts) within a bud. |
| binenoun | (botany) A climbing plant, as hops, which climbs by its shoots growing in a helix around a support (distinct from a vine, which climbs using tendrils or suckers). |
| orthogravitropismnoun | (botany) The normal tendency of a plants parts to bend downward under the effects of gravity |
| prefoliationnoun | (botany) Vernation (arrangement within a bud) of leaves. |
| vibrogennoun | (botany) Active cellular tissue arranged in layers in the cortex of certain tendrils, causing circumnutation. |
| enationnoun | (botany) A small outgrowth on the surface of a plant organ. |
| verticelnoun | (botany) A circle of flowers around a node on a stem. |
| phyllomorphosisnoun | (botany) The succession and variation of leaves during different seasons. |
| rhizotaxisnoun | (botany) The arrangement of the roots of plants. |
| circulationnoun | The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission. |
| whorlnoun | Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral. |
| radicationnoun | The process of taking root, or state of being rooted. |
| rosettenoun | (architecture) An element or ornament resembling a rose, especially on a wall or other surface, mostly for decorative purposes. |
| fasciationnoun | (botany) Abnormal growth in vascular plants in which the apical meristem (growing tip) becomes elongated perpendicularly to the direction of growth, thus producing flattened, ribbon-like, crested, or elaborately contorted tissue. |
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