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A negative tropism is when a plant grows away from a stimulus.

Explanation:

Tropism is a biological process that indicates growth or turning movement of an organism, generally a plant, as a response to a particular environmental stimulus (any change in the environment that causes the organism to respond).

A negative tropism means the growth of organsim is taking place away from the stimuli.

Example- Growth of shoot of plant away from the gravity depicts negative geotropism.