CHEMOSYNTHESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chemosynthesis mean? 

• CHEMOSYNTHESIS (noun)
  The noun CHEMOSYNTHESIS has 1 sense:

1. synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi

  Familiarity information: CHEMOSYNTHESIS used as a noun is very rare.

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• CHEMOSYNTHESIS (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))