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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1901 synthesis of organic compounds (as in living cells) by energy derived from inorganic chemical reactions • chemosynthetic adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the synthesis of organic compounds by energy derived from chemical reactions.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chemosynthesis Chem`o*syn"the*sis, n. [Chemical + synthesis.] (Plant Physiol.) Synthesis of organic compounds by energy derived from chemical changes or reactions. Chemosynthesis of carbohydrates occurs in the nitrite bacteria through the oxidation of ammonia to nitrous acid, and in the nitrate bacteria through the conversion of nitrous into nitric acid. -- Chem`o*syn*thet"ic, a.