"shootward" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "shoot + -ward",
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          "ref": "2015 July 2, Yang Y-W, Chen H-C, Jen W-F, Liu L-Y, Chang M-C, “Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Shoots and Roots of TNG67 and TCN1 Rice Seedlings under Cold Stress and Following Subsequent Recovery: Insights into Metabolic Pathways, Phytohormones, and Transcription Factors”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI",
          "text": "In Arabidopsis roots, cold stress may reduce shootward auxin transport and alter the intracellular auxin gradient.",
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        "Toward the shoot of a plant."
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          "shoot",
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        "(biology) Toward the shoot of a plant."
      ],
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        "natural-sciences"
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  "word": "shootward"
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          "text": "In Arabidopsis roots, cold stress may reduce shootward auxin transport and alter the intracellular auxin gradient.",
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        "(biology) Toward the shoot of a plant."
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