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HOLOPHYTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does holophytic mean?
• HOLOPHYTIC (adjective)
The adjective HOLOPHYTIC has 1 sense:
1. obtaining nourishment as green plants do
Familiarity information: HOLOPHYTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Obtaining nourishment as green plants do
Antonym:
holozoic (obtaining nourishment as animals do by ingesting complex organic matter)
Derivation:
holophyte (an organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis)
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