phototrophy
The synthesis of an organism's food from inorganic material using light as a source of…The synthesis of an organism's food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The synthesis of an organism's food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy.
Origin
From photo- + -trophy.From photo- + -trophy.
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Word family
3 related wordsDerivedchlorophototrophy
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable