noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis.
2. 2
   an organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis wordnet

Etymology

From holo- (“whole”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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