incurvation
Example Sentences
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The incurvation subsequently increased somewhat, but after 24 hrs. had greatly decreased.
From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles
This incurvation serves, as already shown, to prevent insects from being washed away by the rain; but it likewise serves for another end.
From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles
The pressure from fragments of glass excites movement almost as quickly as the absorption of nitrogenous matter, but the degree of incurvation thus caused is much less.
From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles
Behind this, from the concave side of the incurvation, proceeded another long cilium, so delicate as to be discernible only by the use of the highest powers and careful management of the light.
From Discourses Biological and Geological Essays by Huxley, Thomas Henry
The incurvation thus caused lasted for an unusually short time.
From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles
