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Noun: circumnutation  ,sur-kum-n(y)oo'tey-shun
  1. (botany) spiral or circular movement of growing plant parts due to uneven growth rates
    "The seedling stem showed circumnutation as it grew";
    - nutation

Derived forms: circumnutations

Encyclopedia: Circumnutation