circumnutation

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English

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Etymology

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From circum- +‎ nutation.

Noun

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circumnutation (countable and uncountable, plural circumnutations)

  1. (botany) The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stem of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.

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