ˈkalvə̇n- noun
also calvin-ben·son cycle -ˈben(t)sən-
Usage: usually capitalized 1st C&B
Etymology: after Melvin Calvin died 1997 and Andrew Benson b 1917 American biochemists
: the cycle of enzyme-catalyzed reactions of photosynthesis not requiring the presence of light that occurs in the chloroplasts of plants and in many bacteria and that involves the fixation of carbon dioxide and the formation of a six-carbon sugar — compare light reaction herein