Photosynthesis is the trick by which green leaves turn sunlight into food. The process of photosynthesis, rates of photosynthesis, photosynthesis in the leaf.
Water and carbon dioxide go in and sugar and oxygen come out, which means every breath you take was made by a plant. Nearly all the energy in every food chain entered it through photosynthesis.
1nounphotosynthesisThe trick by which green leaves turn sunlight into food.
“Without light, the plant can't carry out photosynthesis and slowly dies.”
photosynthesis is a process.
Proto-Indo-European
*sem-
Ancient Greek
σύνθεσις — a putting together; composition
Latin
synthesis
English
synthesis
English, today
photosynthesis
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From photo- + synthesis. synthesis comes from Latin synthesis, from Ancient Greek σύνθεσις (“a putting together; composition”), from συντίθημι (“put together, combine”), from συν- (“together”) + τίθημι (“set, place”). a doublet of sandhi.
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