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HOLOPHYTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does holophyte mean?
• HOLOPHYTE (noun)
The noun HOLOPHYTE has 1 sense:
1. an organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis
Familiarity information: HOLOPHYTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("holophyte" is a kind of...):
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
Derivation:
holophytic (obtaining nourishment as green plants do)
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