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"The movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness; the closing of a flower at night."
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"(botany) The movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness; the closing of a flower at night."
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gǎnshòuxìng",
"sense": "the movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness",
"word": "感受性"
},
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness",
"word": "nyktinastia"
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"sense": "the movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness",
"tags": [
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"sense": "the movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness",
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"masculine"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "the movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness",
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"feminine"
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"word": "nictinastia"
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}
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"sense": "the movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness",
"word": "感受性"
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"sense": "the movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "nictinastia"
}
],
"word": "nyctinasty"
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