(adj) of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis, Syn.autophytic, Ant.heterotrophic
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
a. [ Auto- + trophic. ] (Plant Physiol.) Capable of self-nourishment; requiring only minerals for growth; using carbonate or carbon dioxide as a source of carbon and simple inorganic nitrogen as a nitrogen source; -- said of all plants in which photosynthetic activity takes place, and certain bacteria. It is opposed to parasitism or saprophytism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]
2. of or pertaining to an autotroph. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
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