thigmotropism

thigmotropism
thigmotropic /thig'meuh trop"ik, -troh"pik/, adj.
/thig mo"treuh piz'euhm/, n. Biol.
oriented growth of an organism in response to mechanical contact, as a plant tendril coiling around a string support.
[1895-1900; < Gk thígm(a) touch + -o- + -TROPISM]

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