epinasty

English

Etymology

From epi- +‎ -nasty.

Noun

epinasty (countable and uncountable, plural epinasties)

1. (botany) The downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates.
2. (botany) A nastic movement which bends a plant part (e.g. a petal) outward.

Derived terms

• epinastic
• photoepinasty

 

Translations

botany: downward curvature due to growth

• French: épinastie f
• Irish: eipeanastacht f

nastic movement

• Finnish: epinastia