Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an orienting response to light;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Phototropism \Pho*tot"ro*pism\, n. [Photo- + Gr. ? to turn.]
1. (Plant Physiol.) The tendency of growing plant organs to
move or curve under the influence of light. In ordinary
use the term is practically synonymous with
heliotropism.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Microbiology) exhibiting movement in a direction toward
(positive phototropism) or away from (negative
phototropism) a source of light.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
phototropism
n 1: an orienting response to light