n. the positive; or negative; attraction of a plant or sessile animal toward; or away from; a stimulus; as in the turning of a sunflower toward the light
He turned his plant often as tropism caused it to grow towards the sun.
He turned his plant often as tropism caused it to grow towards the sun.
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