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nutation

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004507

Movement of plant parts caused by irregular growth, such as the circular movement detected in growing seedlings and the "searching" movement of growing young tendrils.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004507
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectPlant Production, Gardening
Synonymscircumnutation; nutational movement; nutational movements
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoplant physiology; nastic movement
TranslationsSpanish: nutación
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004507",
  "term": "nutation",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Movement of plant parts caused by irregular growth, such as the circular movement detected in growing seedlings and the \"searching\" movement of growing young tendrils.",
  "synonyms": [
    "circumnutation",
    "nutational movement",
    "nutational movements"
  ],
  "subject": "Plant Production, Gardening",
  "see_also": [
    "plant physiology",
    "nastic movement"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "nutación"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/nutation/"
}

Record 4,507 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.