heliotropic

UK/,hiːlɪə'trɒpɪk/US/.hi:liә'trɒpik/

Definitions

adj.

Turning or growing in response to sunlight, esp. toward it.

向日的，趋光的（随日光转动或生长）。

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

helio-sun

tropturn, change

-icrelating to, having the nature of

=heliotropic

helio- (sun) + trop (turn) + -ic (adj.) = 'sun-turning.' Describes plants (or movements) that orient toward the sun, like a young sunflower tracking it across the sky.

Root trop still carries 11 more words

Example Sentences

1.
Sunflowers are heliotropic when young, tracking the sun all day.
2.
The leaves show a heliotropic response at dawn.

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