hydrotropism in English

noun
1
the growth or turning of plant roots toward or away from moisture.
Such seedlings behaved identically to seedlings grown on uncovered filter paper and, hence, any possible effects of hydrotropism were eliminated.

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1. Hydrotropism (hydrotropic movement) A tropism in which the stimulus is water. It is a special kind of chemotropism.