plagiotropic etymology

English word plagiotropic comes from English -tropic, English plagio- ((chiefly, _, science) slanted, oblique.)

Detailed word origin of plagiotropic

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-tropic English (eng) (science) affecting or attracted to the thing specified. (science) turning or changing.
plagio- English (eng) (chiefly, _, science) slanted, oblique.
plagiotropic English (eng) (botany) Growing at an oblique or almost horizontal angle.

Words with the same origin as plagiotropic

Descendants of -tropic
adrenotropic aeolotropic chronotropic ecotropic endosomotropic enterotropic gravitropic hepatotropic idiotropic immunotropic lactotropic lipotropic lyotropic mucosotropic musculotropically oculotropic orthotropic osteotropic renotropic reticulotropic thixotropic thyrotropic xenotropic æolotropic
Descendants of plagio-
plagiocephaly plagioclase plagioclimax plagiopatagium plagiostomy