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adj
Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using either light or reactions of inorganic chemical compounds, as a source of energy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: autophytic
Antonyms: heterotrophic
History
From auto- + -trophic.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
