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Circumnutation

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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.
intorsionnounA winding, bending, or twisting.
cyclenounA 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.
circulationnounThe act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
whorlnounEach circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral.
radicationnounThe 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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