circumnutate

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Such periods probably represent attempts to circumnutate in a direction opposite to apogeotropism.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

It has also been shown by us, that although leaves subjected to darkness for a moderately long time continue to circumnutate, yet the periodicity of their movements is soon greatly disturbed, or quite annulled.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

Nevertheless, they are not in the least rudimentary in function, for they are sensitive, extremely heliotropic, circumnutate at nearly the same rate as the fully developed leaflets, and assume when asleep exactly the same position.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

It then suddenly began to circumnutate in the ordinary manner.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

It would, therefore, not be rash to assume that the growing leaves of all plants circumnutate, as we have seen reason to conclude is the case with cotyledons.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles