The movement of plants towards water sources is called ___.

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The movement of plants towards water sources is called hydrotropism. Hydrotropism (hydro- "water"; tropism "involuntary orientation by an organism, that involves turning or curving as a positive or negative response to a stimulus") is a plant's growth response in which the direction of growth is determined by a stimulus or gradient in water concentration.

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