gravitropism etymology

English word gravitropism comes from English -tropism ((biology) growth towards.. (science) movement, turning.), English gravi- (Gravity.)

Detailed word origin of gravitropism

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
-tropism	English (eng)	(biology) growth towards.. (science) movement, turning.
gravi-	English (eng)	Gravity.
gravitropism	English (eng)	(biology, botany) a plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity.

Descendants of -tropism: aerotropism allotropism apheliotropic heliotropic hydrotropism organotropism rheotropism thermotropism tropism
Descendants of gravi-: gravidiamagnetic gravidynamics gravimagnetic gravimeter gravimetry graviperception graviphoton gravireaction gravireceptor graviscalar gravitaxis gravithermal gravitino gravitropic graviturbation