AUTOPHYTE


Meaning of AUTOPHYTE in English

— autophytic /aw'teuh fit"ik/ , adj. — autophytically , adv.

/aw"teuh fuyt'/ , n.

Ecol. any organism that synthesizes its own food, as a photosynthetic plant. Cf. heterophyte .

[ AUTO- 1 + -PHYTE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .