Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun carbon_cycle

2 senses of carbon cycle

Sense 1
carbon cycle -- (the organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again)
       => organic process, biological process -- (a process occurring in living organisms)

Sense 2
carbon cycle -- (a thermonuclear reaction in the interior of stars)
       => thermonuclear reaction -- (a nuclear fusion reaction taking place at very high temperatures (as in the sun))