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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