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Definition of: plagiotropism
(plā′jē·ot′rə·piz′əm) noun Bot.
Oblique geotropism, under the influence of which certain plant organs grow at an angle from the vertical.
—pla·gi·o·trop·ic (plā′jē·ə·trop′ik), pla′gi·ot′ro·pous adjective
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