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Having a tendency to move in response to light. An animal or microbe that is positively phototropic will move toward light. One that is negatively phototropic will move away from light.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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German:
fototrop
— having a tendency to move in response to light
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German:
fototropisch
— having a tendency to move in response to light
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Irish:
fótatrópach
— having a tendency to move in response to light
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Italian:
eliotropico
— having a tendency to move in response to light
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Italian:
fototropico
— having a tendency to move in response to light
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Romanian:
fototropic
— having a tendency to move in response to light