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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

nyctinasty en · NOUN

Etymology

From nycti- + -nasty. By surface analysis, nycti- + -nast + -y.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness; the closing of a flower at night.

Deriveds

nyctinastic

Relateds

heliotropism

Synonyms

nyctitropism · nyctinastism

Translations (6)

cmn 感受性 (the movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness) · ga oíche-iamh (the movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness) · fr nyctinastie (the movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness) · it nictinastia (the movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness) · fi nyktinastia (the movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness) · pl nyktynastia (the movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness)