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CAM plant
/ kæm /
noun
- any plant that undergoes a form of photosynthesis known as crassulacean acid metabolism, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night
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Word History and Origins
Origin of CAM plant1
C ( rassulacean ) A ( cid ) M ( etabolism ) plant
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Example Sentences
It is the second CAM plant announcement for Becancour in less than a week.
From Reuters
Yang and his colleagues aren’t trying to make a C3 that could fix carbon like a CAM plant all the time.
From Scientific American
Clusia pratensis isn’t the only facultative CAM plant.
From Scientific American
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