"aerotropic" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1950, Walter Stiles, An Introduction to the Principles of Plant Physiology:",
          "text": "According to him, roots are positively aerotropic, a root executing a curvature tending to bring the apex in the direction of the highest oxygen concentration, while pollen tubes growing in water are in this sense negatively aerotropic.",
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          "ref": "1894, American Microscopical Society, Proceedings of the American Microscopical Society:",
          "text": "The branches of the main root tend to be aerotropic, whether they are in shallow water or mud or deeply submerged.",
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          "ref": "1921, Frederic Edward Clements, Aeration and Air-content: The Rôle of Oxygen in Root Activity:",
          "text": "The horizontal growth of the roots upon the water is an aerotropic movement determined by the high oxygen-content of the uppermost water-layer.",
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          "ref": "1972, Excerpta botanica: Taxonomica et chorologica. Sectio A:",
          "text": "The lower portion of this aerotropic root-branch bears numerous laterals which grow downward, in a positively geotropic direction.",
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