PHOTOAUTOTROPH


Meaning of PHOTOAUTOTROPH in English

— photoautotrophic , adj.

/foh'toh aw"teuh trof', -trohf'/ , n. Biol.

any organism that derives its energy for food synthesis from light and is capable of using carbon dioxide as its principal source of carbon.

[ 1945-50; PHOTO- + AUTOTROPH ]

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