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The tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the center of the earth.

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  1. n. The tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the center of the earth.
  2. The tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the center of the earth.
  3. The tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume aposition oblique or transverse to a direction towards the center ofthe earth.
  4. n. The tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the center of the earth.