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photorespire

photorespire verb: to undergo photorespiration.

Verb

photorespire (third-person singular simple present photorespires, present participle photorespiring, simple past and past participle photorespired)

  1. To undergo photorespiration

Forms of photorespire

third-person singular presentphotorespires
present participlephotorespiring
past participlephotorespired
pastphotorespired

Origin of photorespire

From photo- + respire.

Questions about photorespire

What does photorespire mean?
Photorespire means to undergo photorespiration.
What part of speech is photorespire?
Photorespire is a verb.
What is the past tense of photorespire?
The past tense of photorespire is photorespired.

Words near photorespire in the dictionary

  1. photoresistor
  2. photoresistors
  3. photoresists
  4. photorespiration
  5. photorespiratory
  6. photorespire
  7. photorespired
  8. photorespires
  9. photorespiring
  10. photorespirometer
  11. photorespirometers

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