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NITROGEN FIXATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The assimilation of atmospheric nitrogen by soil bacteria and its release for plant use on the death of the bacteria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("nitrogen fixation" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)