"photoautotroph" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: photoautotrophs [plural]
Etymology: 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”)) Etymology templates: {{m|grc||φωτω-}} φωτω- (phōtō-), {{der|en|grc|φῶς||light}} Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”), {{prefix|en|photo|autotroph|pos1=from the combining form <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">φωτω-</i> (phōtō-) of Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">φῶς</i> (phôs, “light”)}} photo- (from the combining form φωτω- (phōtō-) of Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”)) + autotroph, {{der|en|grc|αὐτο-||self-}} Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”), {{der|en|grc|τροφή||nourishment}} Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”), {{confix|en|auto|troph|pos1=from Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">αὐτο-</i> (auto-, “self-”)|pos2=from Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">τροφή</i> (trophḗ, “nourishment”)}} auto- (from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”)) + -troph (from Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”)) Head templates: {{en-noun}} photoautotroph (plural photoautotrophs)
  1. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) an organism, such as all green plants, that can synthesize its own food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Organic chemistry Derived forms: photoautotrophic, picophotoautotroph Related terms: photosynthesis

Inflected forms

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