Usually means: Plants convert sunlight into energy.
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  1. photosynthesis: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. photosynthesis: Merriam-Webster
  3. photosynthesis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. photosynthesis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. photosynthesis: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. Photosynthesis, photosynthesis: Wordnik
  8. photosynthesis: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. photosynthesis: Wiktionary
  10. photosynthesis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. photosynthesis: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  14. photosynthesis: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. photosynthesis: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Photosynthesis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  18. photosynthesis: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. photosynthesis: Encyclopedia

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  1. photosynthesis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  1. photosynthesis: Urban Dictionary

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(Note: See photosynthesising as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (biochemistry, organic chemistry) Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy.
noun:  principally, oxygenic photosynthesis, any process by which plants and algae convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
noun:  also, non-oxygenic photosynthesis, used by purple and green bacteria, heliobacteria, and acidobacteria.

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