hyponastic

From hypo- + Ancient Greek ναστός (nastós, “pressed close”), from νάσσω (nássō).

hyponastic (comparative more hyponastic, superlative most hyponastic)

1. (botany) Bending upwards as a result of hyponasty, caused by unequal growth.

• epinastic

• “hyponastic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.