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nitrogen-fixing

nitrogen-fixing adjective: of a plant, microbe, etc., able to convert inorganic nitrogen into a form usable in the biosphere.

Adjective

nitrogen-fixing (not comparable)

  1. Of a plant, microbe, etc., able to convert inorganic nitrogen into a form usable in the biosphere.
    • From these results it is concluded that hydrogenase is closely related to the nitrogen-fixing system in Azotobacter.1943, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (contributor), The Journal of Biological Chemistry, volumes 151-152, page 384

Questions about nitrogen-fixing

What does nitrogen-fixing mean?
Nitrogen-fixing means of a plant, microbe, etc., able to convert inorganic nitrogen into a form usable in the biosphere.
What part of speech is nitrogen-fixing?
Nitrogen-fixing is an adjective.

Words near nitrogen-fixing in the dictionary

  1. nitrogen trifluoride
  2. nitrogen triiodide
  3. nitrogen-13
  4. nitrogen-14
  5. nitrogen-15
  6. nitrogen-fixing
  7. nitrogenase
  8. nitrogenases
  9. nitrogenate
  10. nitrogenated
  11. nitrogenates

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