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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Autotrophic \Au`to*troph"ic\, 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

autotrophic 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]