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thigmonasty or
seismonasty is the
nastic (non-directional)
response of a
plant or
fungus to
touch or vibration. Con****uous
examples of
thigmonasty include...
- Seismonasty:
response to
shock Geonasty/gravinasty:
response to
gravity Thigmonasty/seismonasty/haptonasty:
response to
contact The
suffix may come from...
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their leaflets in
response to
mechanical stimulation such as
touch (
thigmonasty): Aeschynomene:
Large leaf
sensitive plant (Aeschynomene fluitans) Aeschynomene...
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tissues (e.g., nyctinasty),
which may
occur rapidly. A
familiar example is
thigmonasty (response to touch) in the
Venus fly trap, a
carnivorous plant. The traps...
- θιγγάνειν (thingánein), θίξις (thíxis), θίγημα (thígēma) antithixotropic,
thigmonasty, thigmotaxis, thixotropic,
thixotropy thorac-
chest Gr**** θώραξ, θώρακος...
- is
enough to
induce this response. This
response to
touch is
known as
thigmonasty, and is
quite rapid in some species. The
outer tentacles (recently coined...
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hormones related to defense. The
snapping of the
leaves is a case of
thigmonasty (undirected
movement in
response to touch).
Further stimulation of the...
- θιγγάνειν (thingánein), θίξις (thíxis), θίγημα (thígēma) antithixotropic,
thigmonasty, thigmotaxis, thixotropic,
thixotropy thorac-
chest Gr**** θώραξ, θώρακος...
- herbivores.
Other forms of
plant defense include mechanical defenses such as
thigmonasty movements which have the
plant leaves close in
response to
tactile stimulation...
