nastic

nastic
/nas"tik/, adj. Bot.
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
[1900-10; < Gk nast(ós) pressed close, stamped down, firm (equiv. to nad- s. of nássein to press, squeeze + -tos ptp. suffix, with dt > st) + -IC]

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