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Definition of Photosynthesize
1. Verb. To synthesize carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water using the energy of light by photosynthesis ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Photosynthesize
1. [v -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Photosynthesize
Literary usage of Photosynthesize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1916)
"It is found, however, that isolated cells are able to photosynthesize to a ...
are unable to photosynthesize after the reduction in the water content has ..."
2. Plant Anatomy from the Standpoint of the Development and Functions of the by William Chase Stevens (1907)
"It is found, however, that isolated cells are able to photosynthesize to a ...
with their waterproof epidermis, are unable to photosynthesize after the ..."
3. An Introduction to the Chemistry of Plant Products by Paul Haas, Thomas George Hill (1917)
"... does not increase in the leaves of plants which are able to photosynthesize
in dull light—is not formed unless carbon dioxide and light are available. ..."
4. European Forest Decline: Problems in Assessing and Monitoring Health by Paul Schmid-Haas (1991)
"... than they photosynthesize, and it has been experimentally shown that, at least
in young Norway spruces, removal of the lowermost green branches does not ..."
5. The Human Body by Elissa Dosik Weinroth, Alexander Cruz, Jo Larsen, Nancy Schoefl, Weinroth, Elissa (2002)
"Discuss with students why this might be. (Onion bulb cells are not exposed to
light and so do not photosynthesize. ..."
6. Expanding the Boundaries of Self Beyond the Limit of Traditional Thought by Oliver H. Jobson (2005)
"The sun rises, the moon sets, the wind blows, the plants photosynthesize and the
birds fly without fear or favor. Creation is, indeed, an impartial and ..."
7. Transcendence of the Western Mind by Samuel Avery (2003)
"We know how they metabolize, how they photosynthesize and respire, how they
synthesize proteins and reproduce themselves. But this is what they do and not ..."
8. Shame about the Title: Poems that Point and Snicker by Matt Fitzgerald (1994)
"... and feed, Through light to photosynthesize, To reproduce its kind in seed;
Alive, it plays the plant at first, But moves, grows warm, evolves in scale, ..."
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