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CAM plant

/ kæm /

noun

  1. any plant that undergoes a form of photosynthesis known as crassulacean acid metabolism, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

Clusia pratensis isn’t the only facultative CAM plant.

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