autotroph

autotroph
autotrophic, adj.
/aw"teuh trof', -trohf'/, n. Biol.
any organism capable of self-nourishment by using inorganic materials as a source of nutrients and using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis as a source of energy, as most plants and certain bacteria and protists. Cf. heterotroph.
[1935-40; back formation from autotrophic; see AUTO-1, TROPHIC]

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