circumnutate
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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
Amphicarpoea monoica.—This plant produces long thin shoots, which twine round a support and of course circumnutate.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
These taken together suffice to render it probable that all peduncles and sub-peduncles circumnutate whilst growing.
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
That an arched hypocotyl or epicotyl, with the two legs fixed in the ground, should be able to circumnutate, seemed to us, until we had read Prof. Wiesner's observations, an inexplicable fact.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
During the next 11 h. the hypocotyl circumnutated, describing irregular figures, each of which rose a little above the one previously formed.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
When observed again at 4 A.M. it had begun to fall, and continued falling till 6.15 A.M., after which hour it zigzagged and again circumnutated.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
Between 11 A.M. and 5 P.M. it circumnutated, and after the latter hour the great nocturnal fall commenced.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
The apex after thus sinking down from 9.10 A.M. to noon, moved a little to the left; it then rose up and circumnutated in a nearly vertical plane until 10.35 P.M.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
It circumnutated about the same space for the first 24 m., and during the next 1 h.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
Here therefore there is in the evening the same conversion of a circumnutating into a steady movement in one direction, as in the case of the main petiole.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
Another leaflet was casually observed, and found to be continually circumnutating during the same length of time.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
Trifolium subterraneum: circumnutating movement of peduncle, whilst the flower-head was burying itself in sand, with the reflexed tips of the calyx still visible; traced from 8 A.M.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
With time allowed it would probably have become upright, and no doubt would have continued circumnutating.
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
