单词 | crassulacean acid metabolism |
释义 | crassulaceous /kras-ū-lāˈshəs/ (botany)adjectiveOf, belonging to, or relating to the Crassūlāˈceae, a family of succulent plants including the stonecrops and house leeks ORIGIN: From the genus name Crassula stonecrop, from L crassus thick crassulacean acid metabolism noun A method of photosynthesis in desert and succulent plants, in which carbon dioxide is taken in at night and stored to be used during the day (abbrev CAM) |
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