
Heliotropic
[hee-lee-ə-TRAHP-ik]
Part of speech: adjective
Origin: Greek, 19th century
1.
Exhibiting the property of some plants of turning under the influence of light.
Examples of Heliotropic in a sentence
"When recorded in slow motion, many plants can be seen making a heliotropic turn every morning when the sun comes up."
"The sunbathers continually readjusted themselves in a heliotropic route around the pool."

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