1. of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis; [syn: autotrophic, autophytic]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
autophytic
adj 1: of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can
make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple
inorganic sources by photosynthesis [syn: autotrophic,
autophytic] [ant: heterotrophic]