CHEMOSYNTHESIS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("chemosynthesis" is a kind of...):

synthesis (the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds))

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