NITROGEN FIXATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The assimilation of atmospheric nitrogen by soil bacteria and its release for plant use on the death of the bacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("nitrogen fixation" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

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