nastic
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- Letters
- 6
/ˈnæstɪk/
Definition of nastic
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Relating to the response of a plant to a stimulus that does not depend on the location of the stimulus.
“Many flowers close themselves at night. This nastic movement is in response to the brightness of the sky.”
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Etymology
From German nastisch from epinastisch, coined c.1854 by German botanist Karl Friedrich Schimper, from Ancient Greek ναστός (nastós, “pressed together”), from νάσσω (nássō, “to press, cram full”).
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