noun
1. the organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again
• Hypernyms: ↑organic process, ↑biological process
2. a thermonuclear reaction in the interior of stars
• Hypernyms: ↑thermonuclear reaction
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the processes by which ↑carbon is changed from one form to another within the environment, for example in plants and when wood or oil is burned
Useful english dictionary. 2012.