AUTOTROPHIC - Definition

Pronunciation:		`otu'trâfik
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[adj] (botany) of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis

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	Synonyms:	autophytic

	Antonyms:	heterotrophic


Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Au`to*troph"ic\, a. [Auto- + trophic.] (Plant Physiol.) Capable of self-nourishment; -- said of all plants in which photosynthetic activity takes place, as opposed to parasitism or saprophytism.

Biology Dictionary

	Definition:	Independent of other organisms in respect of organic nutrition; able to fix carbon dioxide, by photosynthesis, to form carbohydrates.