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nounsynthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants)
Definition that contains photosynthesis
- leaf the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
- calvin United States chemist noted for discovering the series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis (1911-)
- co2 a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis
- foliage the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
- photosynthetic relating to or using or formed by photosynthesis
- autophytic of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis
- autotrophic of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis
- carbon dioxide a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis
- chloroplast plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis
- holophyte an organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis