noun
- the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods with the help of chlorophyll
Usage: biology
Examples
- Plants convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose through photosynthesis.
- Chlorophyll is essential for photosynthesis to occur in leaves.
- During photosynthesis, plants release oxygen as a byproduct.
- The rate of photosynthesis increases with more sunlight exposure.
- Students learned about photosynthesis in their biology class.
- Without photosynthesis, there would be no oxygen in our atmosphere.