nitrogen cycle

1. 1.

   the circulation of nitrogen; nitrates from the soil are absorbed by plants which are eaten by animals that die and decay returning the nitrogen back to the soil

   Broaderorganic process

Questions about nitrogen cycle

What does nitrogen cycle mean?

nitrogen cycle means "the circulation of nitrogen; nitrates from the soil are absorbed by plants which are eaten by animals that die and decay returning the nitrogen back to the soil".

Is nitrogen cycle a common word?

nitrogen cycle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.