circumnutate

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We may therefore infer that an old and only moderately sensitive leaf does not circumnutate plainly; but we shall soon see that it by no means follows that such a leaf is absolutely motionless.

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 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

The first change is the protrusion of the radicle, which begins at once to circumnutate.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

The tip of the radicle, as soon as it protrudes from the seed-coats, begins to circumnutate, and the whole * 'Physiologie Végétale,' 1868, pp.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles