hyponastic

English

Etymology

From hypo- + Ancient Greek ναστός (nastós, “pressed close”), from νάσσω (nássō).

Adjective

hyponastic (comparative more hyponastic, superlative most hyponastic)

1. (botany) Exhibiting a downward convexity caused by unequal growth.

Related terms

• epinastic

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “hyponastic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)