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Definition of oxygen cycle

: the cycle whereby atmospheric oxygen is converted to carbon dioxide in animal respiration and regenerated by green plants in photosynthesis

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Recent Examples on the Web This isn’t a call for protecting biodiversity, as noble a cause as that is, but safeguarding the carbon-to-oxygen cycle and weather regulation services of photosynthesising plants. — Solitaire Townsend, Forbes, 8 June 2021

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First Known Use of oxygen cycle

1935, in the meaning defined above

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“Oxygen cycle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oxygen%20cycle. Accessed 18 Oct. 2021.

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