n :  involuntary orientation by an organism or one of its parts that involves turning or curving by movement or by differential growth and is a positive or negative response to a source of stimulation : also  :  a reflex reaction involving a tropism tro*pis*tic adj 
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  tra·pe·zi·um 
 
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