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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: trope #120146 01/16/2004 2:45 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park i only know trope in the scientific sense--which retains the meaning.. (to turn) phototropism is what causes a sun flower to turn its head, and follow the sun.. (geotropism causes roots to respond to gravity, and dig into the earth--an imporant function of a rootlet of an emerging seedling) there a hundreds of 'trope/tropism' in biology. Dr Bill, maybe the connection of turning sunflowers will help you remember trope's turning characteristics! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted trope wwh 01/16/2004 1:38 AM Re: trope jheem 01/16/2004 2:38 AM Re: trope wwh 01/16/2004 2:57 AM Re: trope jheem 01/16/2004 3:09 AM Re: trope of troy 01/16/2004 2:45 PM Re: trope wwh 01/16/2004 2:49 PM Re: trope Bingley 01/17/2004 1:49 AM Re: trope wwh 01/17/2004 2:04 AM Re: trope AnnaStrophic 01/17/2004 5:03 PM Re: trope Buffalo Shrdlu 01/17/2004 5:11 PM Re: trope jheem 01/17/2004 9:11 PM Re: trope wwh 01/17/2004 10:04 PM Re: trope jheem 01/18/2004 12:22 AM Re: trope Wordwind 01/19/2004 11:43 AM Re: trope maverick 01/19/2004 1:19 PM Re: trope Wordwind 01/19/2004 1:35 PM Re: trope jheem 01/19/2004 5:56 PM Re: trope maverick 01/19/2004 6:04 PM Re: trope Wordwind 01/19/2004 6:51 PM Re: trope wwh 01/17/2004 8:38 PM Re: trope wwh 01/18/2004 12:17 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,382 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,208 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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