Relating to or designating movement or growth directed toward the base of an organism.
From Latin 'basis' (base) + Greek 'skopein' (to look, examine). The term combines these roots to describe observation or orientation toward the base.
This botanical term reveals how scientists use Greek and Latin like building blocks—'scopic' appears in telescope, microscope, and dozens of medical terms, all meaning 'directed toward viewing.'
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