- dark reaction
- noun Date: 1927 any of a series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis not requiring the presence of light and involving the reduction of carbon dioxide to form carbohydrate; especially Calvin cycle
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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