incurvation
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The pressure from fragments of glass excites movement almost as quickly as the absorption of nitrogenous matter, but the degree of incurvation thus caused is much less.
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
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
The incurvation subsequently increased somewhat, but after 24 hrs. had greatly decreased.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
This incurvation serves, as already shown, to prevent insects from being washed away by the rain; but it likewise serves for another end.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
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