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A disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface of dorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposure to light.

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  1. n. A disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface of dorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposure to light.
  2. A disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface of dorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposure to light. Encyc. Brit.
  3. A disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface ofdorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposureto light. Encyc. Brit.