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Autotrophic

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using either light or reactions of inorganic chemical compounds, as a source of energy. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis wordnet

Etymology

From auto- + -trophic.

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