Definition for carbon fixation - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	carbon fixation (car¦bon fix\|ation) noun [mass noun] Biology the incorporation of carbon into organic compounds by living organisms, chiefly by photosynthesis in green plants.		More words in this category -trophic conservation cycle DoE ecology fen 1 food web green technology infauna IUCN littoral National Trust NERC NRA nuclear winter overgraze plant Sierra Club succession trophic level Nearby Words carbon capture and storage carbon copy carbon credit carbon cycle carbon dating carbon debt carbon dioxide carbon disulphide carbon fibre carbon fixation carbon footprint carbon monoxide carbon offsetting carbon paper carbon process carbon sequestration carbon sink carbon steel carbon tax