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- verb Alternative spelling of
photosynthesize .
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Examples
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While it is bleached, a coral cannot photosynthesise and it is in effect not feeding.
Conservationists unveil plans to save coral from extinction 2011
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Lopping off leaves reduces the ability to photosynthesise and curtails the growth of outsized brutes.
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My simple and I am no plant physiologist hypothesis was this – that trees both respire and photosynthesise in the daytime, and only respire at night.
More North American Upper Treeline: Wilson-Luckman 2002, 2003 « Climate Audit 2007
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My simple and I am no plant physiologist hypothesis was this – that trees both respire and photosynthesise in the daytime, and only respire at night.
More North American Upper Treeline: Wilson-Luckman 2002, 2003 « Climate Audit 2007
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My simple and I am no plant physiologist hypothesis was this – that trees both respire and photosynthesise in the daytime, and only respire at night.
More North American Upper Treeline: Wilson-Luckman 2002, 2003 « Climate Audit 2007
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Carbon dioxide sampled near woodland, for example, shows a very marked diurnal signal in concentration as plants photosynthesise and respire.
WSJ: House Energy report on the "mutual admiration society" « Climate Audit 2006
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Most significantly, there was very little oxygen around since there were no plants or algae to photosynthesise and produce it, Brasier explained in a telephone interview.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Ultimately the leaves will turn as the days get shorter, meaning plants and trees photosynthesise to a lesser extent and produce less chlorophyll - which provides the green colouring seen in leaves.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Some of them can be built to allow them to photosynthesise.
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Ultimately the leaves will turn as the days get shorter, meaning plants and trees photosynthesise to a lesser extent and produce less chlorophyll - which provides the green colouring seen in leaves.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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