oxygenic

adjective

ox·​y·​gen·​ic ˌäk-si-ˈje-nik 

1

: of or relating to oxygen

2

: generating or producing oxygen

oxygenic photosynthesis

Examples of oxygenic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On Earth, oxygenic photosynthesis uses a fairly complex system in which four visible photons are used to create one molecule of O2. — Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025

This might mean you are limited to single cell oxygenic organisms like cyanobacteria, says Duffy. — Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025

During this period, cyanobacteria began producing oxygen through oxygenic photosynthesis, a process that generates oxygen as a byproduct. — New Atlas, 27 Apr. 2025

If alien plants can survive or even thrive without oxygenic photosynthesis, that ultimately could mean expanding, rather than tapering, the habitable zone, Cabrol says. — WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023

Life that could adapt to oxygen or come up with oxygenic photosynthesis continued to thrive and evolve. — Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2022

That’s the crucial limit in which the rate of plant respiration exceeds that of oxygenic photosynthesis. — Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for oxygenic

• allergenic
• androgenic
• antigenic
• authigenic
• autogenic
• biogenic
• bronchogenic
• chromogenic
• cryogenic
• echogenic
• estrogenic
• isogenic