noun

photoautotroph

photoautotroph · photoautotrophs

An organism, such as all green plants, that can synthesize its own food from inorganic…An organism, such as all green plants, that can synthesize its own food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy

Meaning

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An organism, such as all green plants, that can synthesize its own food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy

Origin

From photo- (from the combining form φωτω- (phōtō-) of Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”))

From photo- (from the combining form φωτω- (phōtō-) of Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”)) + autotroph, from auto- (from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”)) + -troph (from Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”)).

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