English-Finnish translations for nitrogen-fixing

Definition of nitrogen-fixing

• Of a plant, microbe, etc., able to convert inorganic nitrogen into a form usable in the biosphere

Examples

• Legumes are nitrogen-fixing plants, growing them actually adds nitrogen to the soil rather than using it up.

Related words

• nitrogen
• nitrogenase
• nitrogenize
• nitrogenous
• dinitrogen
• nitrogenic
• polynitrogen
• hydroxidooxidonitrogen
• oxidonitrogen