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-tropous definition

-tropous (trə pəs)

turning or turned (in a specified way or in response to a specified stimulus): used in botanical terms anatropous

Etymology: < Gr tropos, a turning (see trope) + -ous

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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