Describing an organism or plant part that grows at an angle to the direction of gravity.
From Greek 'dia-' (through) and 'geotropic' (relating to earth-turning), describing growth across the gravitational axis.
When a plant's roots grow sideways instead of straight down, they're being diageotropic—nature's way of efficiently exploring soil for water in all directions!
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