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photoprotection

photoprotection noun: the function, in plants that are adapted to high levels of sunlight, that protects the centres of photosynthesis from damage by excess light, normally by the use of carotenoid pigments.

Noun

photoprotection (uncountable)

  1. The function, in plants that are adapted to high levels of sunlight, that protects the centres of photosynthesis from damage by excess light, normally by the use of carotenoid pigments

Origin of photoprotection

From photo- + protection.

Questions about photoprotection

What does photoprotection mean?
Photoprotection means the function, in plants that are adapted to high levels of sunlight, that protects the centres of photosynthesis from damage by excess light, normally by the use of carotenoid pigments.
What part of speech is photoprotection?
Photoprotection is a noun.

Words near photoprotection in the dictionary

  1. photoprotect
  2. photoprotectant
  3. photoprotectants
  4. photoprotected
  5. photoprotecting
  6. photoprotection
  7. photoprotective
  8. photoprotector
  9. photoprotectors
  10. photoprotects
  11. photoprotein

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