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Meaning of EPINASTIC

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ep`i*nas"tic\, a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. ? pressed close.]
(Physiol.)
A term applied to that phase of vegetable growth in which an
organ grows more rapidly on its upper than on its under
surface. See {Hyponastic}.
 

 

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