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Definition of: orthotropic
(ôr′thə·trop′ik) adjective Bot.
Growing vertically: said of developing plant organs that grow nearly vertically, either upward or downward.
—or·thot·ro·pism (ôr·thot′rə·piz′əm) noun
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