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Meaning of crassulacean | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Of or pertaining to the family Crassulaceae of dicotyledons.

not-comparable

Examples

“His description of crassulacean acid metabolism, wherein cacti, yuccas, agaves and sedums open their stomata at night when it’s cooler in order to “bind carbon dioxide on special molecules much like we bind oxygen on hemoglobin in our blood” had me on edge for hours.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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