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单词 crassulacean acid metabolism
释义

crassulaceous /kras-ū-lāˈshəs/ (botany)

adjective

Of, 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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