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Autotrophic logo #10101) Autophytic 2) Flora 3) Plant 4) Plant life
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Autotrophic logo #10101) Autophytic 2) Holophytic
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autotrophic logo #22112self feeding, not depending on parasitism or entirely on organic matter. cf. heterotrophic
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autotrophic logo #20105Capable of growth independent of outside sources of nutrients or growth factors.
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Autotrophic logo #21002• (a.) Capable of self-nourishment; -- said of all plants in which photosynthetic activity takes place, as opposed to parasitism or saprophytism.
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autotrophic logo #22589An organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances, using light or chemical energy.
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Autotrophic logo #21189an organism that can meet its cellular energy requirements without eating other organisms. Autotrophic organisms convert inorganic carbon into organic carbon intracellularly (within the cell). This conversion can be accomplished by photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
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autotrophic logo #20973<biology> Independent of other organisms in respect of organic nutrition, able to fix carbon dioxide, by photosynthesis, to form carbohydrates. ... (02 Jan 1998) ...
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autotrophic logo #21001(aw″to-tro´fik) capable of synthesizing necessary nutrients if water, carbon dioxide, inorganic salts, and a source of energy are available.
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Autotrophic logo #10444Utilising inorganic materials as nutrients; cf. heterotrophic.
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Autotrophic logo #20972Au`to·troph'ic adjective [ Auto- + trophic .] (Plant Physiol.) Capable of self- nourishment; -- said of all plants in which photosynthetic activity takes place, as opposed to parasitism or saprophytism.
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autotrophic logo #23036can convert energy from non-living forms into biologically useful energy
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autotrophic logo #21219Type: Term Pronunciation: aw′tō-trof′ik Definitions: 1. Self-nourishing. The ability of an organism to produce food from inorganic compounds. 2. Pertaining to an autotroph.
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autotrophic logo #21351(Gk: auto=self; trophos=feeder; self-feeding) independent of outside sources of food. Most plants containing chlorophyll are autotrophic, and some bacteria. All other (trophic) organisms depend ultimately on the existence and activity of autotrophic ones. (See also heterotrophic)
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autotrophic logo #20400[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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autotrophic logo #21009autotrophic 1. Capable of synthesizing complex organic substances from simple inorganic substrates; including both the chemoautotrophic and the photoautotrophic organisms. 2. A reference to any organism for which environmental carbon dioxide is the only or main source of carbon in the synthesis of organic compounds by photosynthesis.
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autotrophic logo #21009autotrophic, autotrophically 1. Of or relating to organisms; such as, green plants that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis. 2. Needing only carbon dioxide or carbonates as a source of carbon and a simple inorganic nitrogen compound for metabolic synthesis> 3. Not requiring a specified exog...
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autotrophic logo #23444Self-nourishing; capable of synthesizing organic compounds from simple inorganic molecules (such as carbon dioxide); not dependent upon organic compounds as a source of energy. Opposed to heterotrophic.
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autotrophic logo #20128An organism that produces food from inorganic substances.
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autotrophic logo #20974autophytic adjective 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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autotrophic logo #21571Refers to organisms that synthesize their nutrients and obtain their energy from inorganic raw materials.
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autotrophic logo #22457Organisms which trap energy from physical or chemical sources and use the energy to assemble the macromolecules of which they are made. Photosynthesis is the only process by which this happens in eukaryotes, but additional processes are found among prokaryote organisms. Compare with heterotrophic.
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