circumnutation

English

Etymology

circum- +‎ nutation

Noun

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.

References

• “circumnutation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.