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Autotroph
//ˈɔtəˌtɹoʊf// noun
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Noun
- 1 Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy.
"It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted."
- 2 plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances wordnet
Etymology
From auto- (from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”)) + -troph (from Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”)).
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