circumnutate

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

These circumnutate in a conspicuous manner, and are thus aided in passing between and over surrounding obstacles.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

Climbing plants circumnutate much more widely than any other plants, yet they are not at all heliotropic.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

The first change is the protrusion of the radicle, which begins at once to circumnutate.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

After 5.15 P.M., by which time the light had become obscure, the hypocotyl began to circumnutate about the same spot.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

It has also been shown by us, that although leaves subjected to darkness for a moderately long time continue to circumnutate, yet the periodicity of their movements is soon greatly disturbed, or quite annulled.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles