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AUTOPHYTIC PLANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does autophytic plant mean?
• AUTOPHYTIC PLANT (noun)
The noun AUTOPHYTIC PLANT has 1 sense:
1. plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances
Familiarity information: AUTOPHYTIC PLANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
autophyte; autophytic plant; autotroph; autotrophic organism
Hypernyms ("autophytic plant" is a kind of...):
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
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