English Dictionary

heliotropism

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

The property of some plants of turning under the influence of light; either positively (towards the light) or negatively (away from the light)

日本語の意味

植物が光の影響を受け、光の方に向かう（正の光屈性）または光から遠ざかる（負の光屈性）ように向きを変える性質

The botanist explained how heliotropism helps flowers track the sun across the sky.

植物学者は、向光性が花の向きを太陽の動きに合わせて変えるのにどのように役立つかを説明した。

意味（1）

The property of some plants of turning under the influence of light; either positively (towards the light) or negatively (away from the light)

A field of young sunflowers will slowly rotate from east to west during the course of a sunny day, each leaf seeking out as much sunlight as possible as the sun moves across the sky through an adaptation called heliotropism.

heliotropisms （ plural ）