circumnutate

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Seedling cabbages circumnutate much more quickly, for the tip of a cotyledon crossed 1/100th of an inch on the micrometer in 3 m.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

The several foregoing arched organs are continually circumnutating, or endeavouring to circumnutate, even before they break through the ground.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

Nor did it sink down during the 28th, but continued to circumnutate about the same place.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

Full-grown leaflets circumnutate during the day slowly and on a small scale.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

We have seen in the fourth chapter, that the leaves of Lupinus speciosus, which do not sleep, circumnutate to an extraordinary extent, making many ellipses in the course of the day.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles