Found 1 items, similar to allotrophic.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Allotrophic Allotrophic \Al`lo*troph"ic\, a. [Gr. ? other + trophic.] (a) (Physiol.) Changed or modified in nutritive power by the process of digestion. (b) (Plant Physiol.) Dependent upon other organisms for nutrition; heterotrophic; -- said of plants unable to perform photosynthesis, as all saprophytes; -- opposed to autotrophic. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]