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What does nastic mean?

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Adjective
  1. Relating to the response of a plant to a stimulus that does not depend on the location of the stimulus.
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There is no line of demarcation between tropic and nastic movements.
Against Nastic and Celta I came on as a second-half substitute, and that isn't the best for me.
I have already referred to the distinction that is made between nastic and paratonic movements.
No sharp distinction can therefore be made between the movements of growth and of variation, between tropic and nastic curvatures.
The striker menacingly picks up the ball and appears to be away but his first touch isn't great, allowing Nastic to make a crucial interception.
In biology, nastic refers to the natural movement of plants in response to changes in their environment, such as plants that track sunlight or that stiffen when watered.

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