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apheliotropic

adj

Etymology

From apo- + heliotropic.

  1. derived from hēliotropium
  2. derived from *trep-✻ — “to turn”
  3. derived from *sóh₂wl̥✻ — “the sun”
  4. derived from ἡλῐοτρόπῐον — “European heliotrope (Heliotropium europaeum); bloodstone; solar clock, sundial”
  5. derived from hēliotropium — “plant which turns to face the sun; bloodstone”
  6. borrowed from héliotrope
  7. formed as heliotropic — “heliotrope + -ic”
  8. prefixed as apheliotropic — “apo + heliotropic”

Definitions

  1. Turning away from the sun

    Turning away from the sun; said of leaves, etc.

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