Synonyms & related words for phototropy

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of phototropy. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to phototropy

Explore words related to phototropy — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include photo, photoautotrophic, photofluorogram, phototropism, phototroph, photograph, photolyze, photoheliograph. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does phototropy come from?

The word phototropy breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: photo, from Greek phos (“light (gen. photos)”); trop, from Greek tropos (“a turning (trepein 'to turn')”); and -y, from Greek -ia (“state, process”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.