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Meaning of tropist
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tropist (n.)
One who deals in tropes; specifically, one who avoids the literal sense of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere tropes and figures of speech.
tropist Sentence Examples
- Botanists study heliotropism, the tropism of plants towards sunlight.
- Thigmotropism is a tropism that causes plants to grow towards objects they touch.
- Hydrotropism, the tropism towards water, ensures that plant roots grow in moist soil.
- Animals exhibit chemotaxis, a tropism towards chemical stimuli.
- Phototropins are proteins involved in phototropism, the tropism towards light.
- The fern fiddlehead unfurls its fronds through a combination of phototropism and gravitropism.
- Paramecia exhibit magnetotaxis, a tropism that aligns them with magnetic fields.
- Geotropism, the tropism towards gravity, helps plants maintain an upright posture.
- Aeschynomene plants display seismonastic tropic movements in response to touch.
- The tendrils of climbing plants exhibit thigmotropism, allowing them to attach to supports.
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One who deals in tropes; specifically, one who avoids the literal sense of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere tropes and figures of speech.
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Botanists study heliotropism, the tropism of plants towards sunlight.
Thigmotropism is a tropism that causes plants to grow towards objects they touch.
Hydrotropism, the tropism towards water, ensures that plant roots grow in moist soil.
Animals exhibit chemotaxis, a tropism towards chemical stimuli.
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