tropism
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an involuntary orienting response; positive or negative reaction to a stimulus source
Types & categories
- response hypernym
- ergotropism hyponym
- geotropism hyponym
- heliotropism hyponym
- meteortropism hyponym
- neurotropism hyponym
- phototropism hyponym
- trophotropism hyponym
- thermotropism hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | response |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ergotropism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | geotropism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heliotropism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | meteortropism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | neurotropism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | phototropism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trophotropism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thermotropism |