circumnutation

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Synonyms: circumrotation, circumnutating

Antonyms: circumrotation, circumnutating

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|botany}} The successive [[bowing]] or [[bending]] in different directions of the growing tip of the [[stem]] of many [[plant]]s, especially seen in climbing plants.

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