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Noun: carbon dioxide  'kaa(r)-bun dI'ók,sId
  1. A heavy odourless colourless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis
    - CO2, carbonic acid gas

Type of: dioxide, GHG, greenhouse emission, greenhouse gas

Encyclopedia: Carbon dioxide