PHOTOSYNTHETIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does photosynthetic mean? 

• PHOTOSYNTHETIC (adjective)
  The adjective PHOTOSYNTHETIC has 1 sense:

1. relating to or using or formed by photosynthesis

  Familiarity information: PHOTOSYNTHETIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHOTOSYNTHETIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or using or formed by photosynthesis

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Antonym:

nonphotosynthetic (not photosynthetic)

Pertainym:

photosynthesis (synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants))

Derivation:

photosynthesis (synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants))

 Context examples 

Life in Earth's oceans depends on upwelling (upward flow) which returns nutrients from the dark depths of the ocean to the sunlit portions of the ocean where photosynthetic life lives.

(Some Exoplanets May Have Greater Variety of Life than Exists on Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Photosynthetic organelle containing chlorophyll, the photosynthetic pigment, in cells of leaves and young stems of higher plants.

(Chloroplast, NCI Thesaurus)

The DNA that is located in the photosynthetic, chlorophyll-containing organelle in the cells of young leaves and stems of higher plants.

(Chloroplast DNA, NCI Thesaurus)

Porphyrin derivatives containing magnesium that act to convert light energy in photosynthetic organisms.

(Chlorophyll, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The quest to find new ways to harness solar power has taken a step forward after researchers successfully split water into hydrogen and oxygen by altering the photosynthetic machinery in plants.

(Scientists pioneer a new way to turn sunlight into fuel, University of Cambridge)

Unhooking the pressurized carbon dioxide supply from these leaves means that they must have a way to collect and concentrate carbon dioxide from the air to drive their artificial photosynthetic reactions.

(Artificial Leaves Convert CO2 to Fuel 10 Times More Efficient Than Nature, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Plant cell inclusion bodies that contain the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll, which is associated with the membrane of THYLAKOIDS.

(Chloroplast, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

“So we kept looking around,” Woo said, saying the next option was photosynthetic bacteria called cyanobacteria because it is “more rugged” and could survive with heart cells in a petri dish.

(Oxygen-Producing Bacteria Could Help Heart Attack Sufferers, VOA News)

As a class, carotenoids are pigment compounds found in photosynthetic organisms (plants, algae, and some types of fungus), and are chemically characterized by a large polyene chain containing 35-40 carbon atoms; some carotenoid polyene chains are terminated by two 6-carbon rings.

(Lycopene, NCI Thesaurus)

In three studies of the biological carbon pump — the process by which carbon dioxide is produced by photosynthetic algae in the surface ocean and transferred to the seafloor and stored for millennia — biological oceanographer Mike Stukel and his collaborators found that microscopic zooplankton play critical, often underappreciated roles in transporting and holding carbon.

(Research provides new view of the critical role of plankton in marine carbon storage, National Science Foundation)