HOLOPHYTE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("holophyte" is a kind of...):

flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)

Derivation:

holophytic (obtaining nourishment as green plants do)

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