thermonasty
/ (ˈθɜːməʊˌnæstɪ) /
noun
botany
a nastic movement in response to a temperature change, as occurs in the opening of certain flowers
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Example sentences from the Web for thermonasty
Further tests will be given later, to distinguish the phenomenon of Thermonasty from that of Thermo-geotropism.
Life Movements in Plants, Volume II, 1919 |Sir Jagadis Chunder BoseI shall for convenience distinguish the differential growth under temperature variation as Thermonasty proper.
Life Movements in Plants, Volume II, 1919 |Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose