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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: autotrophic (0.00786 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to autotrophic.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: autotrophic
autotrophic
adj : of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make
complex organic nutritive compounds from simple
inorganic sources by photosynthesis [syn:
autophytic]
[ant:
heterotrophic]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Autotrophic
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]
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