incurvation
Example Sentences
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The incurvation thus caused lasted for an unusually short time.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
The incurvation increased slightly during the next 4 1/2 hrs., but remained nearly the same for the next 17 hrs.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
A short space of this margin, opposite the fly, showed a trace of incurvation after 3 hrs., and this became strongly pronounced in 7 hrs.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
Behind this, from the concave side of the incurvation, proceeded another long cilium, so delicate as to be discernible only by the use of the highest powers and careful management of the light.
From Discourses Biological and Geological Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley
Experiment 17.—As the pressure from bits of glass causes incurvation, I scratched the margins of two leaves for some minutes with a blunt needle, but no effect was produced.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
