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“apogeotropy”
The tendency of parts of plants to turn upward when developing: The property of apogeotropy pertains to the growth of most vegetation in which the stems, trunks, and the leaves all grow towards the sky, and therefore away from the soil of the earth.
Apogeotropy is the opposite of geotropism.
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apo-, ap-, aph-
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geo-, ge- +
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tropo-, trop-, -tropal, -trope(s), -tropic, -tropism, -tropia, -tropous, -tropy, trep-
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