Circumnutation - meaning and definition. What is Circumnutation
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What (who) is Circumnutation - definition


Circumnutation         
TERM IN BOTANY
Circumnutation; Nutation in plants; Nutation (Botany)
·noun The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.
Nutation (botany)         
TERM IN BOTANY
Circumnutation; Nutation in plants; Nutation (Botany)
Nutation refers to the bending movements of stems, roots, leaves and other plant organs caused by differences in growth in different parts of the organ. Circumnutation refers specifically to the circular movements often exhibited by the tips of growing plant stems, caused by repeating cycles of differences in growth around the sides of the elongating stem.