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Plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances
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autotroph
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Wikipedia
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An autotroph (" self - feeding ", from the Greek autos "self" and trophe "nourishing") or producer , is an organism that produces complex organic compounds (such as carbohydrates , fats , and proteins ) from simple substances present in its surroundings, ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
autotroph \autotroph\ n. an organism which is autotrophic , i. e., an organism (such as most plants and certain microorganisms) which are capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances, requiring only minerals as nutrients for growth, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances [syn: autophyte , autophytic plant , autotrophic organism ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context ecology English) Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy.
Usage examples of autotroph.
Both the oceans and the land harbor large populations of protist and multicellular autotrophs.
Now it was a tangle of riotous growth, a jungle where plants and autotrophs from myriad worlds had broken out of their assigned places, curling round the disap pearing latticework, intermingling in a bedlam of anar chic biogenesis.
Now it was a tangle of riotous growth, a jungle where plants and autotrophs from myriad worlds had broken out of their assigned places, curling round the disappearing latticework, intermingling in a bedlam of anarchic biogenesis.