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CHEMOSYNTHESIS
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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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