different between photosynthesis vs sedoheptulose

English

Etymology

photo- +? synthesis

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f??.t??.?s?n.??.s?s/, [?f??.t???.?s?n?.??.s?s]
• (US) IPA^(key): /?fo?.to?.?s?n.??.s?s/, [?f??.?o?.?s?n?.??.s?s]

Noun

photosynthesis (usually uncountable, plural photosyntheses)

1. (biology) Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy,
   1. principally, oxygenic photosynthesis, any process by which plants and algae convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
   2. also, non-oxygenic photosynthesis, used by purple and green bacteria, heliobacteria, and acidobacteria.

Related terms

• photosynthesise/photosynthesize
• photosynthetic
• photosynthetically

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See also

• chemosynthesis

English

Noun

sedoheptulose (countable and uncountable, plural sedoheptuloses)

1. (biochemistry) A heptose ketose widely distributed in plants of the family Crassulaceae especially in the leaves of the sedum; it plays a part in the fixation of carbon dioxide by photosynthesis

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