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Photosynthesis

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means the process by which plants use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water
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Stage 1 of 2
phos
Greek · ancient
"light"
light, combined with synthesis (a putting together)
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Stage 2 of 2
photosynthesis
English · 1898
"the process by which plants convert light into chemical energy"
coined by botanists for the process by which plants convert light into energy
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