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oxyphototrophic

oxyphototrophic adjective: performing oxygenic photosynthesis (photosynthesis, where oxygen is produced as a byproduct).

Adjective

oxyphototrophic (comparative more oxyphototrophic, superlative most oxyphototrophic)

  1. Performing oxygenic photosynthesis (photosynthesis, where oxygen is produced as a byproduct).

Forms of oxyphototrophic

comparativemore oxyphototrophic
superlativemost oxyphototrophic

Origin of oxyphototrophic

From oxy- + photo- + -trophic.

Questions about oxyphototrophic

What does oxyphototrophic mean?
Oxyphototrophic means performing oxygenic photosynthesis (photosynthesis, where oxygen is produced as a byproduct).
What part of speech is oxyphototrophic?
Oxyphototrophic is an adjective.

Words near oxyphototrophic in the dictionary

  1. oxyphile
  2. oxyphilic
  3. oxyphonia
  4. oxyphotobacteria
  5. oxyphotobacterium
  6. oxyphototrophic
  7. oxypnictide
  8. oxypnictides
  9. oxyprenylated
  10. oxyproline
  11. oxyprolines

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