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Autotrophic   Listen
adjective
Autotrophic  adj.  (Plant Physiol.)
1.
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.
2.
Of or pertaining to an autotroph.






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