C₄

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C₄ (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) Designating a type of photosynthesis or carbon fixation, or a plant using such a process.
    • 2021, Caroline Bowsher, Alyson Tobin, Plant Biochemistry:
      The enzyme responsible for C₄ fixation is PEP carboxylase.
    • 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 29:
      Since C₄ plants have become more prevalent, and because they are poorer sources of nutrition, herbivores have had to adapt their feeding behaviour to the changing flora.
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