Monday 11th July 2016
Selenotropism \ [si-lee-nuh-troh-piz-uh m,
sel-uh-noh-]
Noun, Biology.
1. growth in response to moonlight.
Quote
... heliotropism, selenotropism and phototropism. These three are concerned with
light; the light of the sun, the light of the moon, and light in general as opposed to
darkness.
Theodore Savory, Instinctive Living: A Study of Invertebrate Behaviour 1959
Origin
Selenotropism can be traced to the Greek selēnē meaning “moon” and trópos
meaning "turn." It entered English in the 1880’s.
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