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Definition of: rheotropism
(rē·ot′rə·piz′əm) noun Biol.
A tendency in plant or animal organisms, when exposed to the influence of a current of water, to arrange themselves with their long axes either in the direction of or against the current.
—rhe·o·trop·ic (rē′ə·trop′ik) adjective
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