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adj
That can obtain nutrition without the ingestion of food
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
obtaining nourishment as green plants do
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: holozoic
History
From holophyte + -ic.
