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photosynthetically

  • a word derived from photosynthesis.
    photosynthesis
    noun
    the complex process by which carbon dioxide, water, and certain inorganic salts are converted into carbohydrates by green plants, algae, and certain bacteria, using energy from the sun and chlorophyll.

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The host, in-turn, provides it with carbon fixed photosynthetically by its chloroplasts.

From Science Daily Apr. 3, 2024

"Overall, in this form of carbon sequestration, one out of every sixteen photosynthetically fixed carbon atoms might be sequestered into carbonates," the authors write.

From Science Daily Sep. 21, 2023

For the same reasons, plants pigment molecules absorb only light in the wavelength range of 700 nm to 400 nm; plant physiologists refer to this range for plants as photosynthetically active radiation.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

The study found that 600-year-old ginkgos are as reproductively and photosynthetically vigorous as their 20-year-old peers.

From New York Times Jul. 27, 2020

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