photosynthetic ratio

noun

variants or less commonly photosynthetic quotient

: the ratio of the volume of oxygen given off to the volume of carbon dioxide absorbed by a plant during photosynthesis, this ratio being theoretically near 1 when the primary product of photosynthesis is a simple carbohydrate

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